What is Vital Farms's quick ratio?

Vital Farms (VITL) reported quick ratio of 1× in Q1 2026.

How has Vital Farms's quick ratio changed year-over-year?

Vital Farms's quick ratio decreased by 65.4% year-over-year, from 2.9× to 1×.

What is the long-term trend for Vital Farms's quick ratio?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Vital Farms's quick ratio has grown at a -19.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.8× to 1.6×.

What does quick ratio mean?

Current assets excluding inventory, divided by current liabilities at the quarter end (the 'acid-test'). A stricter liquidity measure that excludes the least-liquid current asset.

Vital Farms VITL Quick ratio

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0.4×-0.1×

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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

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.

quick assets/total current liabilities=1×

Based on the most recent quarter.

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 quick ratio?: Vital Farms (VITL) reported quick ratio of 1× in Q1 2026.
How has Vital Farms's quick ratio changed year-over-year?: Vital Farms's quick ratio decreased by 65.4% year-over-year, from 2.9× to 1×.
What is the long-term trend for Vital Farms's quick ratio?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Vital Farms's quick ratio has grown at a -19.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.8× to 1.6×.
What does quick ratio mean?: Current assets excluding inventory, divided by current liabilities at the quarter end (the 'acid-test'). A stricter liquidity measure that excludes the least-liquid current asset.