What is Vital Farms's return on equity?

Vital Farms (VITL) reported return on equity of 0.8% in Q4 2022.

What does return on equity mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average shareholders' equity (average of the start and end of the trailing-twelve-month window). Measures the profit generated on each dollar of shareholder capital.

Vital Farms VITL Return on equity

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '22

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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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Debt / equity0.1×+0.1×

Current ratio1.8×-1.6×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Vital Farms’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=0.8%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Vital Farms’s 10-K, filed March 7, 2024, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Vital Farms's return on equity?: Vital Farms (VITL) reported return on equity of 0.8% in Q4 2022.
What does return on equity mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average shareholders' equity (average of the start and end of the trailing-twelve-month window). Measures the profit generated on each dollar of shareholder capital.