A new trading day began on Friday, with Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL) stock price up 8.98% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $30.39. VITL’s price has ranged from $19.22 to $48.41 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 34.32%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 6.61%. With a float of $32.46 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $44.04 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 598 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 37.36%, operating margin of 10.35%, and the pretax margin is 10.9%.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Farm Products Industry. The insider ownership of Vital Farms Inc is 26.61%, while institutional ownership is 85.92%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 19 ’25, was worth 838,575. In this transaction EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON of this company sold 24,000 shares at a rate of $34.94, taking the stock ownership to the 6,990,890 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 19 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 96,000 for $34.31, making the entire transaction worth $3,293,760.
Vital Farms Inc (VITL) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.29 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.61% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.93% during the next five years compared to 81.00% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Vital Farms Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.83. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.42. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 40.99.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.19, a number that is poised to hit 0.29 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.54 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Vital Farms Inc (VITL)
Looking closely at Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL), its last 5-days average volume was 1.34 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.26 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.85%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.19.
During the past 100 days, Vital Farms Inc’s (VITL) raw stochastic average was set at 29.25%, which indicates a significant decrease from 44.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 79.18% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 56.98% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $37.91, while its 200-day Moving Average is $36.95. However, in the short run, Vital Farms Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $34.24. Second resistance stands at $35.37. The third major resistance level sits at $37.42. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $31.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $29.01. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $27.88.
Vital Farms Inc (NASDAQ: VITL) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.47 billion, the company has a total of 44,258K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 606,310 K while annual income is 53,390 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 165,990 K while its latest quarter income was 10,580 K.
