Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL) is 0.00% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.37 and a high of $48.41 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VITL stock was last observed hovering at around $38.01 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.32%.
Currently trading at $37.69, the stock is -10.46% and -2.46% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.31 million and changing -0.84% at the moment leaves the stock 2.94% off its SMA200. VITL registered 155.53% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.31%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $38.4877 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $36.551273.
The stock witnessed a -4.90% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.06%, and is -14.42% down 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 5.98% over the week and 5.77% over the month.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) has around 447 employees, a market worth around $1.65B and $576.13M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 33.50 and Fwd P/E is 30.95. Profit margin for the company is 8.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 162.28% and -22.14% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.80%).
with sales reaching $160.32M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 89.54% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 27.28% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 18.05% in year-over-year returns.
346.0 institutions hold shares in Vital Farms Inc (VITL), with institutional investors hold 123.23% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 43.71M, and float is at 32.12M with Short Float at 19.00%. Institutions hold 91.12% 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by OHAYER MATTHEW, the company’s EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON. SEC filings show that OHAYER MATTHEW sold 24,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 21 ’25 at a price of $43.19 per share for a total of $1.04 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 7.01 million shares.
Vital Farms Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 17 ’25 that McKeon Kathryn (CMO and GM, Butter) sold a total of 12,300 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 17 ’25 and was made at $44.05 per share for $0.54 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 46203.0 shares of the VITL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 17 ’25, Bal Joanne (GC, SEC. AND HEAD OF IMPACT) disposed off 28,246 shares at an average price of $45.10 for $1.27 million. The insider now directly holds 59,371 shares of Vital Farms Inc (VITL).
