Both in Materials Manufacturing

Vera Bradley vs Eastern

Over the past year VRA returned +175.0% and EML returned +31.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.04.

VRA +175.0% EML +31.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVRAEML
Price$6.60$27.97
Market cap$189.3M$168.3M
Today−0.60%+1.08%
1 month+32.5%+16.3%
6 months+59.8%+26.7%
Year to date+172.7%+42.1%
1 year+169.4%+31.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1%−11.9%
Gross margin59.8%20.6%
Net margin6.3%9.1%
P/E (TTM)—20.9×
Price / sales0.7×0.7×
Net cash$34.2M-$30.2M
Dividend yield—1.57%
Volatility (60d)78.7%39.1%
Short % of float4.2%1.9%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).