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Vital Farms, Inc. (VITL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Vital Farms, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Vital Farms, Inc.

Vital Farms, Inc. produces and sells pasture-raised eggs and butter sourced from a network of over 600 small family farms that meet high animal welfare standards. The company operates processing facilities, including Egg Central Station in Missouri, and distributes its products through natural and mainstream retail channels across more than 24,000 stores in the United States. Vital Farms serves consumers seeking ethically produced, transparent, and sustainable food products.

Snapshot

Revenue
$759.4M
Revenue growth (YoY)
25.3%
Net income
$66.3M
Diluted EPS
$1.44
Gross margin
37.6%
Operating margin
11.6%
Net margin
8.7%
FCF margin
-6.4%
ROE
18.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
7.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$458.5M
Long-term debt / equity
0.00×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 28, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Vital Farms

  • Revenue grew 25.3% to $759M in FY2025, slower than the 28.5% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 11.6% in FY2025, +11.6 pp against 0.0% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $166M, down 10.1% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $48M in FY2025.
  • Net income rose 24.2% to $66M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Vital Farms’s fundamentals sit among the 113 Consumer Staples companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin37.6%
66th percentile of 97
Operating margin11.6%
76th percentile of 100
Net margin8.7%
74th percentile of 105
FCF margin-6.4%
14th percentile of 99
Revenue growth (YoY)+25.3%
88th percentile of 110
ROE18.9%
79th percentile of 99
P/E7.4×
1st percentile of 73
Long-term debt / equity0.00×
1st percentile of 74
Short interest4.83d
62nd percentile of 111

Vital Farms’s P/E of 7.4 ranks in the 1st percentile of the 73 peers with a meaningful P/E. Vital Farms’s long-term debt to equity of 0.00 ranks in the 1st percentile of the 74 Consumer Staples companies reporting it. Vital Farms’s revenue growth of +25.3% ranks in the 88th percentile of the 110 Consumer Staples companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$38.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$8.6M739.5KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$8.2M702.8KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$7.7M662.6KAdded
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$7.0M605.0KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.5M303.5KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$3.3M282.3KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-19
filed 2026-05-21
Van Hoven Reena ChauhanChief People OfficerBuy2.2K$8.92$20K
2026-05-18
filed 2026-05-20
Flanagan Glenda JDirectorBuy6.1K$8.33$51K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-19
Coon StephanieChief Strategy OfficerBuy5.9K$8.42$50K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-19
Amoo-Gottfried Kofi OwusuDirectorBuy2.4K$8.45$20K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-18
Holland Joseph MichaelChief Supply Chain OfficerBuy12.5K$8.00$100K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-18
Cyr William B.DirectorBuy6.0K$8.52$51K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-18
Pappas Peter NicholasCSO and President, EggsBuy3.5K$8.51$30K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-18
Kennedy Kelly J.DirectorBuy2.5K$8.40$21K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-18
McKeon KathrynCMO and GM, ButterBuy604$8.28$5K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-19
Ruiz GiselDirectorBuy6.2K$8.13$50K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
Post Denny MarieDirectorBuy3.0K$8.23$25K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
8.4M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-4.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.83
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.7M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-148.4M-4.2%4.83
2026-07-318.7M+9.6%6.12
2026-07-158.0M+7.6%5.09
2026-06-307.4M-35.0%2.32
2026-06-1511.4M-0.1%5.44
2026-05-2911.4M-16.4%3.69
2026-05-1513.7M-3.2%2.48
2026-04-3014.1M+12.5%5.19

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$759.4M$606.3M$471.9M$362.1M$260.9M
Gross profit$285.7M$229.9M$162.3M$109.4M$82.9M
Operating income$88.4M$63.6M$33.3M$2.1M$52,000
Net income$66.3M$53.4M$25.6M$1.3M$2.4M
Diluted EPS$1.44$1.18$0.59$0.03$0.06

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$48.8M$150.6M$84.1M$12.9M$31.0M
Current assets$262.6M$246.0M$195.5M$149.6M$141.3M
Total assets$518.7M$359.3M$275.2M$214.7M$189.9M
Current liabilities$121.6M$78.5M$65.2M$47.7M$38.0M
Long-term debt$0
Total liabilities$167.5M$90.0M$82.5M$56.3M$38.2M
Total equity$351.3M$269.3M$192.7M$158.3M$151.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$33.7M$64.8M$50.9M$-8.1M$17.7M
Capital expenditure$82.0M$28.6M$11.5M$10.5M$16.7M
Free cash flow$-48.2M$36.2M$39.4M$-18.6M$971,000

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$166.0M-10.1%$-31.1M$-0.72
Q1 FY2026$187.2M15.4%$-1.5M$-0.03
Q4 FY2025$213.6M28.7%$0.35
Q3 FY2025$198.9M37.2%$16.4M$0.36
Q2 FY2025$184.8M25.4%$16.6M$0.36
Q1 FY2025$162.2M9.6%$16.9M$0.37
Q4 FY2024$166.0M22.2%$0.23
Q3 FY2024$145.0M31.3%$7.4M$0.16

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Staples
SIC industryFood and Kindred Products
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 28, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 28, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2013
SEC CIK1579733

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K/A2026-08-17
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8-K2026-08-17
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-06-16
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.