What is Vital Farms's retained earnings?

Vital Farms (VITL) reported retained earnings of $147.87M in Q1 2026.

How has Vital Farms's retained earnings changed year-over-year?

Vital Farms's retained earnings increased by 47.9% year-over-year, from $100.01M to $147.87M.

What is the long-term trend for Vital Farms's retained earnings?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Vital Farms's retained earnings has grown at a 60.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $14.04M to $149.4M.

What does retained earnings mean?

Cumulative net income earned since inception minus all dividends paid — the total profits reinvested in the business over its lifetime.

Vital Farms VITL Retained Earnings

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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

Reported directly by Vital Farms in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit.

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 retained earnings?: Vital Farms (VITL) reported retained earnings of $147.87M in Q1 2026.
How has Vital Farms's retained earnings changed year-over-year?: Vital Farms's retained earnings increased by 47.9% year-over-year, from $100.01M to $147.87M.
What is the long-term trend for Vital Farms's retained earnings?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Vital Farms's retained earnings has grown at a 60.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $14.04M to $149.4M.
What does retained earnings mean?: Cumulative net income earned since inception minus all dividends paid — the total profits reinvested in the business over its lifetime.