EYE
National Vision Holdings, Inc.
EYE's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks cheap: trading at 23x earnings, less than half its usual 51x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth.
EYE Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy |
EYE's profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its cash flow is under pressure.
EYE PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 16x | $18.57 | — |
| Current | 23x | $18.57 | — |
| Cheap | 28x | $22.52 | +21% |
| Fair | 50x | $40.68 | +119% |
| Expensive | 103x | $83.20 | +348% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
EYE's PE is in its cheap range at 23x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 16x next year's earnings.
EYE Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect EYE's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
EYE Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.16 | +44% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.81 | +$0.84 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.61 | +$0.79 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.57 | +$0.90 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.37 | +$0.73 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.03 | +$0.16 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.18 | +$0.84 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.33 | +$0.58 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.36 | +$0.48 |
EYE has returned to profit: it earned $0.81 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before.
EYE Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $510.5M | +4.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $498.8M | +2.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $543.9M | +6.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $503.4M | +15% |
| Q3 2025 | $487.3M | +7.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $486.4M | +7.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $510.3M | -5.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $437.3M | -14% |
EYE's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $511M last quarter, up 4.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.1% | +4.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | 4.3% | +0.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 8.3% | +3.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 1.3% | +7.2 points |
| Q3 2025 | 2% | +3.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.4% | +3.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.1% | +0.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | -5.8% | -3.2 points |
EYE's operating margin was 6.1% last quarter, up 4.1 points from the same quarter a year ago.
EYE Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $49.3M | +63% |
| Q2 2026 | -$14.1M | -133% |
| Q1 2026 | $44.1M | +267% |
| Q4 2025 | -$11.2M | -$9.5M |
| Q3 2025 | $30.3M | +647% |
| Q2 2025 | $42.4M | +33% |
| Q1 2025 | $12M | +202% |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.7M | +$11.3M |
EYE still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2020 peak: $68M over the past year.
EYE Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.7% | -533K shares |
| 1 year | -1.4% | -1.1M shares |
| 3 years | +2.4% | +1.9M shares |
| 5 years | -17% | -16.4M shares |
| Available history | -2.1% | -1.7M shares |
EYE has 80M diluted shares, down 1.4% from a year ago, with $53M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $21.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $20.1M |
| Q1 2026 | $10.5M |
| Q4 2025 | $650,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $876,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $55,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $1.6M |
| Q4 2024 | $273,000 |
EYE spent $53M buying back its own shares over the past year, more than ten times what it spent the year before.
EYE Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.0x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.2x | Elevated |
EYE's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 1.6 years a year ago.
EYE Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 48.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 33.1 | Neutral |
EYE's weekly RSI is 49 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 33 (neutral).
EYE PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | EYE | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 23x | 18x | 27% above |
| PE % | 7 | 47 | 40 pts below |
EYE is trading at 23x earnings, a 27% premium to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
EYE Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $17.4 | 7% above |
| 20 week MA | $18.4 | 0.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $22.0 | 16% below |
| 100 week MA | $20.5 | 9.5% below |
| 200 week MA | $19.7 | 5.6% below |
EYE has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8- and 20-week averages, but 5.6% below its 200-week average.
EYE Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $33.1 | $47.3 | +43% |
| 2021 | $47.3 | $47.8 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | $47.8 | $38.7 | -19% |
| 2023 | $38.7 | $20.9 | -46% |
| 2024 | $20.9 | $10.6 | -49% |
| 2025 | $10.6 | $28.0 | +165% |
| 2026 YTD | $28.0 | $18.6 | -34% |
EYE's yearly returns have swung widely, from +165% in 2025 to −49% in 2024. It's down 34% so far in 2026.