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VITL

Vital Farms, Inc.

VITL

NASDAQ·Consumer Defensive·Agricultural Farm Products·Mkt cap $527.5M

$12.76

+3.66%

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52-Week Range

$7.95 - $53.13

P/E

12.32

Fwd P/E

-39.50

Beta

1.10

Div Yield

0.00%

Avg Vol

3.3M

Shares Out

44.8M

Mkt Cap

$527.5M

Price action

Price chart

Down 68.9% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Strong brand recognition in ethical and pasture-raised food category
  • Vertically integrated supply chain with direct farmer relationships and quality control
  • Premium pricing power driven by animal welfare certification and sustainability credentials
  • Established distribution in major U.S. retailers with growing direct-to-consumer channels

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Profitability at risk

Expanding consumer demand for pasture-raised and ethically-sourced food products

Value

Deep value opportunity - significant discount to Agricultural Trading & Processing peers

Momentum

Stable

-2.2% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Strong fundamentals

Dividend

None

No dividend

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: May 6, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 7, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.03 vs $0.09 consensus (-133.3% surprise). Revenue of $187.2M vs $182.4M expected (+2.6%).

EPS miss
Rev beat +2.6%

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-133.3%

Next: May 6, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+22%

+10%

+25%

+37%

+29%

+15%

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Q3 24

Q4 24

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Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$147.4M

$145.0M

$166.0M

$162.2M

$184.8M

$198.9M

$213.6M

$187.2M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

Profit

-0.8%

Wall Street consensus

9 analysts · 44% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

4

44%

Hold

5

56%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$13.00

+1.9% vs $12.76

Low $10.00
Median $13.00
High $34.00

Latest: Needham · $13.00 · May 11, 2026

7 analysts covering

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How VITL stacks vs Agricultural Farm Products

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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