Vital Farms Valuation

Is VITL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of VITL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: VITL ($24.88) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($29.49)

Significantly Below Fair Value: VITL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for VITL?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

VITL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA23.3x
PEG Ratio2.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does VITL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for VITL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average41.1x
DOLE Dole
7.6x-9.0%US$1.1b
AGRO Adecoagro
5x-30.5%US$1.1b
JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son
16.6xn/aUS$1.1b
AVO Mission Produce
135.1x60.5%US$811.9m
VITL Vital Farms
40.7x19.6%US$1.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VITL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.7x) compared to the peer average (41.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VITL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a9.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a9.4%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VITL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.7x) compared to the US Food industry average (16.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VITL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

VITL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.7x
Fair PE Ratio21.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: VITL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst VITL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$25.11
US$23.14
-7.8%
14.7%US$28.00US$18.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$23.64
US$23.14
-2.1%
14.7%US$28.00US$18.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$18.26
US$18.43
+0.9%
11.9%US$22.00US$16.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$15.14
US$18.43
+21.7%
11.9%US$22.00US$16.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$15.69
US$17.57
+12.0%
15.8%US$22.00US$14.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$13.90
US$17.00
+22.3%
15.2%US$22.00US$14.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$11.34
US$17.83
+57.3%
18.1%US$22.00US$14.00n/a6
Oct ’24US$11.58
US$18.00
+55.4%
17.3%US$22.00US$14.00n/a6
Sep ’24US$11.86
US$18.80
+58.5%
14.8%US$22.00US$15.00n/a5
Aug ’24US$10.71
US$18.50
+72.8%
14.2%US$22.00US$15.00n/a6
Jul ’24US$11.99
US$19.83
+65.4%
8.9%US$22.00US$17.00n/a6
Jun ’24US$14.49
US$19.71
+36.1%
8.5%US$22.00US$17.00n/a7
May ’24US$13.15
US$19.29
+46.7%
9.5%US$22.00US$16.00n/a7
Apr ’24US$15.30
US$19.29
+26.1%
9.5%US$22.00US$16.00US$23.647
Mar ’24US$16.28
US$18.57
+14.1%
14.8%US$22.00US$14.50US$18.267
Feb ’24US$17.65
US$18.43
+4.4%
15.0%US$22.00US$14.50US$15.147
Jan ’24US$14.92
US$17.25
+15.6%
14.6%US$22.00US$14.50US$15.698
Dec ’23US$14.37
US$17.25
+20.0%
14.6%US$22.00US$14.50US$13.908
Nov ’23US$13.39
US$16.56
+23.7%
16.8%US$22.00US$13.00US$11.348
Oct ’23US$11.97
US$16.81
+40.5%
15.0%US$22.00US$14.50US$11.588
Sep ’23US$13.03
US$17.36
+33.2%
19.0%US$23.00US$14.50US$11.867
Aug ’23US$11.62
US$16.64
+43.2%
23.3%US$23.00US$12.00US$10.717
Jul ’23US$8.83
US$17.93
+103.0%
21.4%US$23.00US$14.00US$11.997
Jun ’23US$9.90
US$17.93
+81.1%
21.4%US$23.00US$14.00US$14.497
May ’23US$11.50
US$20.36
+77.0%
23.7%US$27.00US$15.00US$13.157
Apr ’23US$12.74
US$20.36
+59.8%
23.7%US$27.00US$15.00US$15.307

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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