Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL) is -10.11% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.52 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 $32.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.82%.
Currently trading at $33.88, the stock is -7.93% and -12.79% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.48 million and changing 5.68% at the moment leaves the stock -8.78% off its SMA200. VITL registered 101.19% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.28%.
The stock witnessed a -20.04% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.18%, and is -4.24% 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 5.08% over the week and 5.04% over the month.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) has around 447 employees, a market worth around $1.48B and $576.13M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.12 and Fwd P/E is 28.06. Profit margin for the company is 8.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 105.08% and -30.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.80%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 89.33% this year
The shares outstanding are 43.71M, and float is at 32.11M with Short Float at 18.24%.
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 3.5982 and valued at over $$71.52 million, while WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.54 of the shares totaling 1.08 million with a market value of $$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 Feb 19 ’25 at a price of $34.94 per share for a total of $0.84 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6.99 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 12 ’25, Diez-Canseco Russell (PRESIDENT AND CEO) disposed off 44,970 shares at an average price of $35.27 for $1.59 million. The insider now directly holds 675,732 shares of Vital Farms Inc (VITL).
