Vital Farms

VITL

Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 28, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Vital Farms, Inc., an ethical food company, provides pasture-raised products in the United States. It offers shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, ghee, liquid whole eggs, and egg bite products. Vital Farms, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-10.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-294.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

18.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~1 months

$21M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Vital Farms has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

6.6%

Thin — 6.6% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-24.2%

Losing money on operations — -24.2%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

0.1%

Weak — 0.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+16.4%

Fast-growing sales (+16.4% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-101.2%

Earnings shrinking (-101.2% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

-10712%

Weak — only -10712% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-16.5%

Burning cash (-16.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.38

Conservative — low debt load (0.38)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

0.14x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.1x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/A

no trend

Data not available

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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