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Vital Farms

VITL
40
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$13.55
+0.37 (+2.81%)
Market Cap
$580.6M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 43.3M (2021) → 46.0M (2025)

Vital Farms, Inc., an ethical food company, provides pasture-raised products in the United States. It offers shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, ghee, liquid whole eggs, and egg bite products. Vital Farms, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-109.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

18.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 months

$37M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Vital Farms has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
28.3%
Modest — 28.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
-1.2%
Losing money on operations — -1.2%
ROCE
-0.6%
Weak — -0.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+26.4%
Fast-growing sales (26.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
-8.0%
Earnings shrinking (-8.0% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
21%
Weak — only 21% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-11.4%
Burning cash (-11.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.16
Conservative — low debt load (0.16)
Interest Cover
29.76x
Comfortably covers interest (29.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
12.6x
Attractive valuation — P/E 12.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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