Are Vital Farms Inc (VITL) stocks a prudent buy?

Vital Farms Inc [VITL] stock is trading at $45.01, up 4.33%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The VITL shares have gain 12.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.86%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Vital Farms Inc [NASDAQ: VITL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 20, 2024, when Craig Hallum initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $50. Previously, TD Cowen upgraded its rating to Buy on August 09, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $44. On May 10, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold and revised its price target to $40 on the stock. William Blair started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating. DA Davidson initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $21 as its price target on December 08, 2023. TD Cowen started tracking with a Market Perform rating for this stock on September 13, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $13.

Vital Farms Inc [VITL] stock has fluctuated between $14.16 and $48.41 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $41.5 within the next 12 months. Vital Farms Inc [NASDAQ: VITL] shares were valued at $45.01 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -7.8% based on the average VITL price forecast.

Analyzing the VITL fundamentals

Vital Farms Inc [NASDAQ:VITL] reported sales of 576.13M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 31.31%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.15, Equity is 0.22 and Total Capital is 0.22. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.08.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 43.65 points at the first support level, and at 42.29 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 46.04, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 47.08.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Vital Farms Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.24. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.81 and the Cash Ratio stands at 1.92. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.42, the price to book ratio is 7.76 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 40.01.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved JOANNE BAL, Officer, that happened on Jan 17 ’25 when 28246.0 shares were purchased. Officer, KATHRYN MCKEON completed a deal on Jan 17 ’25 to buy 12300.0 shares. Meanwhile, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER McKeon Kathryn sold 12300.0 shares on Jan 13 ’25.

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