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How Vital Farms, Inc. stacks up
VITL · against 272 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
12/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #221 of 273 · scores higher than 17% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score32 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 · 263 reported | -0.5% | 4.4% | 22% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 278 reported | 3.0% | 9.3% | 24% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 76 reported | -29.3% | 5.6% | 3% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 265 reported | 65.9% | 65.2% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VITLScores 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