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Vital Farms VITL Free cash flow

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Income statement

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Revenue$187.2M+15.4%
Gross profit$53.0M-15.2%
Operating income-$2.3M-111%
Net income-$1.5M-109%
EPS (diluted)-$0.03-108%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$36.6M-76.6%
Total debt$60.0M+155%
Total equity$158.3M+4.5%
Total assets$492.6M+30.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$18.6M-452%
CapEx$20.8M+564%

Valuation

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Market cap$457.62M-71.6%
Enterprise value$481.01M-67.5%
P/E9.6×-21.9×
P/S0.6×-2.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin35.2%-2.4pp
Operating margin8.2%-1.7pp
Net margin6.1%-2.2pp
FCF margin-11.4%-14.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity0.8%
Debt / equity0.1×+0.1×
Current ratio1.8×-1.6×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Vital Farms’s reported figures.

The official record: Vital Farms’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Vital Farms's free cash flow?
Vital Farms (VITL) reported free cash flow of -$39.31M in Q1 2026.
How has Vital Farms's free cash flow changed year-over-year?
Vital Farms's free cash flow decreased by 1931.0% year-over-year, from $2.15M to -$39.31M.
What is the long-term trend for Vital Farms's free cash flow?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Vital Farms's free cash flow has grown at a 165.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $971K to -$48.24M.
What does free cash flow mean?
Free cash flow represents the cash generated by a company after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain or expand its capital asset base. It serves as a critical indicator of a company's ability to fund organic growth, pay down debt, or return capital to shareholders without relying on external financing.