Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL) is 19.42% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.16 and a high of $48.41 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The VITL stock was last observed hovering at around $43.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.87%.
Currently trading at $45.01, the stock is 13.61% and 25.83% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.61 million and changing 4.33% at the moment leaves the stock 26.58% off its SMA200. VITL registered 203.51% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 11.30%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.7714 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $35.5592.
The stock witnessed a 15.86% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.02%, and is 12.16% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.79% over the week and 4.94% over the month.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) has around 447 employees, a market worth around $1.97B and $576.13M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.01 and Fwd P/E is 36.85. Profit margin for the company is 8.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 217.87% and -7.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.80%).
with sales reaching $160.45M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 89.59% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 27.31% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 18.14% in year-over-year returns.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) Top Institutional Holders
346.0 institutions hold shares in Vital Farms Inc (VITL), with institutional investors hold 121.65% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 43.71M, and float is at 32.10M with Short Float at 20.46%. Institutions hold 89.94% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.73 million shares valued at $174.55 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.9301% of the VITL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 2.1 million shares valued at $98.39 million to account for 5.0336 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are AMAZON COM INC which holds 1.53 million shares representing 3.6591% and valued at over $71.52 million, while WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.583 of the shares totaling 1.08 million with a market value of $50.49 million.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) Insider Activity
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Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 13 ’25, McKeon Kathryn (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER) disposed off 12,300 shares at an average price of $42.08 for $0.52 million. The insider now directly holds 46,203 shares of Vital Farms Inc (VITL).
