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Vital Farms VITL Operating margin

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Other financials

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%
Free cash flow-$39.3M-1,931%

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
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.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 operating margin?
Vital Farms (VITL) reported operating margin of 8.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Vital Farms's operating margin changed year-over-year?
Vital Farms's operating margin decreased by 16.9% year-over-year, from 9.9% to 8.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Vital Farms's operating margin?
Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Vital Farms's operating margin has grown at a 19.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.7% to 11.6%.
What does operating margin mean?
Operating income as a percentage of revenue (trailing twelve months). Captures profitability from core operations after both cost of revenue and operating expenses, but before interest and taxes.