Vera Bradley (VRA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Vera Bradley has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.17% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.17% for Q1 2026, down 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.17% (down 6.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.15%, down 4.0%.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.17% at Vera Bradley, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for VRA hit a ceiling of 0.06% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 0.28% in Q2 2023.
- Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.1% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.1%.
- Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -33bps in 2023 and later grew 30bps in 2024.
- Vera Bradley's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.09% in 2022, then decreased by -18bps to 0.11% in 2023, then surged by 47bps to 0.06% in 2024, then tumbled by -291bps to 0.23% in 2025, then rose by 26bps to 0.17% in 2026.
- The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.17% (Q1 2026), 0.23% (Q4 2025), and 0.21% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.