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How Vital Farms, Inc. stacks up
VITL · against 149 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Valuation
12/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #136 of 150 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score16 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including VITL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 12?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its free cash flow yield, earnings yield and EBITDA yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -29.3% vs peer median 6.2%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 84% of peers. Earnings yield: 0.0% vs peer median 4.5%
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 83% of peers. EBITDA yield: 2.3% vs peer median 8.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VITL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VITL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 146 reported | -0.5% | 3.7% | 21% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 151 reported | 3.0% | 9.0% | 15% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 132 reported | -29.3% | 5.8% | 1% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 145 reported | 65.9% | 39.9% | 67% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VITL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 933M USD | 97 | 84 | |
| 2 | 212M USD | 93 | 72 | |
| 2 | 843M USD | 93 | 88 | |
| 4 | 7.2B USD | 92 | 72 | |
| 5 | 1.1B USD | 91 | 67 | |
| 131 | 332M USD | 16 | 43 | |
| 133 | 1.1B USD | 15 | 33 | |
| 133 | 2.1B USD | 15 | 16 | |
| 135 | 925M USD | 13 | 29 | |
| 136 | 430M USD | 12 | 32 | |
| 137 | 2.4B USD | 11 | 41 | |
| 137 | 52.3B USD | 11 | 25 | |
| 139 | 925M USD | 9 | 49 | |
| 139 | 7.6B USD | 9 | 33 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score