Vital Farms (VITL) EBIT Margin (2019 - 2026)
Vital Farms (VITL) reported EBIT Margin of -24.18% for Q2 2026, down 37.06 percentage points from 12.88% a year earlier and down 22.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Vital Farms (VITL) EBIT Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 28, 2026, Vital Farms' EBIT Margin came in at 0.04%, down 10.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 11.64%, up 1.15 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBIT Margin has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +5.93 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBIT Margin came in at 10.48% in FY2024 (+3.43 pp), 7.05% in FY2023 (+6.47 pp), 0.58% in FY2022 (+0.56 pp) and 0.02% in FY2021 (-5.69 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly EBIT Margin in data going back to Q1 2019.
- Year over year, EBIT Margin gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.50 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBIT Margin in five years was Q1 2023 (a gain of 14.45 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2026 (a drop of 37.06 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -1.25% (Q1 2026), 10.03% (Q4 2025) and 10.76% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 20.80% |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 23.06% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -102.70% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 14.43% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 14.27% |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.75% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.76% |
| 10 | Vital Farms | 415.11 Mn | 214.62 Mn | 10.93 Mn | -24.18% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | -24.18% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | -1.25% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 10.03% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 10.76% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 12.88% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.42% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 7.83% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 6.37% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.63% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.34% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.69% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 4.74% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 7.55% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 9.14% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 3.13% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 2.20% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 0.87% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -5.30% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | -5.48% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | -2.79% |
Vital Farms EBIT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "VITL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();