Brokers Offer Predictions for Vital Farms Q2 Earnings

Vital Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Telsey Advisory Group decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Vital Farms in a research note issued to investors on Friday, May 9th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst S. Vora now expects that the company will earn $0.27 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.28. Telsey Advisory Group currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $52.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Vital Farms' current full-year earnings is $1.11 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Vital Farms' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.52 EPS.

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.11. Vital Farms had a return on equity of 22.29% and a net margin of 8.68%. The company had revenue of $162.19 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $164.43 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. Vital Farms's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on VITL. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Vital Farms from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $44.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, February 28th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Vital Farms from $40.00 to $39.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. William Blair restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Vital Farms in a report on Friday, February 28th. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on Vital Farms from $44.00 to $42.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded Vital Farms to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 6th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $44.63.

Vital Farms Stock Performance

NASDAQ VITL opened at $33.82 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.20 and a beta of 0.94. Vital Farms has a twelve month low of $27.91 and a twelve month high of $48.41. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.07. The company has a quick ratio of 2.81, a current ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Vital Farms news, CEO Russell Diez-Canseco sold 45,124 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.69, for a total transaction of $1,520,227.56. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 703,736 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,708,865.84. This trade represents a 6.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Matthew Ohayer sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.39, for a total value of $125,560.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6,966,890 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $218,690,677.10. The trade was a 0.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 93,124 shares of company stock worth $3,019,308. Company insiders own 27.60% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Vital Farms

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Blair William & Co. IL grew its stake in shares of Vital Farms by 180.2% in the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 31,820 shares of the company's stock valued at $970,000 after buying an additional 20,463 shares during the period. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. increased its position in Vital Farms by 20.0% in the 1st quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. now owns 754,283 shares of the company's stock valued at $22,983,000 after buying an additional 125,574 shares in the last quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new stake in Vital Farms in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,026,000. US Bancorp DE increased its position in Vital Farms by 36.2% in the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,929 shares of the company's stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 513 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vestcor Inc increased its position in Vital Farms by 20.2% in the 1st quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 29,064 shares of the company's stock valued at $886,000 after buying an additional 4,875 shares in the last quarter. 98.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Vital Farms

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

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