Vital Farms (VITL) Gross Margin (2019 - 2026)
Vital Farms' Gross Margin came in at 23.13% for Q3 2026, down 14.55 percentage points from 37.68% a year earlier but up 16.55 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vital Farms (VITL) Gross Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 27, 2026, Vital Farms reported Gross Margin of 24.37%, down 13.44 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 37.62%, down 0.31 percentage points from FY2024.
- Gross Margin carries a five-year change of +2.84 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Gross Margin was 37.92% in FY2024 (+3.52 pp), 34.40% in FY2023 (+4.17 pp), 30.23% in FY2022 (-1.55 pp) and 31.77% in FY2021 (-3.01 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Gross Margin is 6.58% (Q2 2026) to 39.81% (Q1 2024).
- Year-over-year, Gross Margin has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -6.91 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Gross Margin over five years came in Q1 2023 (a gain of 7.64 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a drop of 32.27 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows VITL's Gross Margin at 6.58% (Q2 2026), 28.32% (Q1 2026) and 35.79% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.56 Bn | 96.02 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 83.86 Bn | 76.87 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 39.37% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.38 Bn | 31.11 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 46.13% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.62 Bn | 16.27 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 32.51% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.33 Bn | 15.98 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 33.88% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.08 Bn | 13.86 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 44.14% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.60 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 39.26% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.11 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 15.92% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.02 Bn | 6.31 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 30.36% |
| 10 | Vital Farms | 428.03 Mn | 237.38 Mn | 42.14 Mn | 23.13% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 23.13% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 6.58% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 28.32% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 35.79% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 37.68% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 38.85% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 38.54% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 36.07% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 36.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 39.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 39.81% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 33.28% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 33.20% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 35.51% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 35.80% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 30.26% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 32.04% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 30.09% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 28.16% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 25.58% |
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Vital Farms Gross Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-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=gross-margin&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();