Vital Farms (VITL) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026)

Vital Farms' (VITL) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $55.3 million in Q1 2026, up 35.83% year-on-year from $40.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 0.59% quarter-over-quarter from $55.0 million in Q4 2025.

Vital Farms (VITL) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Vital Farms has disclosed Operating Expenses across 8 years of filings, most recently posting $55.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $55.3 million, up 35.83% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $211.9 million (up 22.92% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $197.3 million, up 18.59% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $55.3 million for Q1 2026 at Vital Farms, up from $55.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $55.3 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $24.2 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $36.1 million (2023), against an average of $38.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 41.32% in 2022 and grew 9.3% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Vital Farms' Operating Expenses stood at $29.9 million in 2022, then advanced by 20.88% to $36.1 million in 2023, then climbed by 29.83% to $46.9 million in 2024, then climbed by 17.37% to $55.0 million in 2025, then advanced by 0.59% to $55.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $55.3 million (Q1 2026), $55.0 million (Q4 2025), and $53.6 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 36.33 Bn 35.72 Bn 1.22 Bn 973.00 Mn
2 Bunge Global 21.79 Bn 22.33 Bn 766.00 Mn 531.00 Mn
3 Tyson Foods 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 962.00 Mn 527.00 Mn
4 Cal-Maine Foods 3.68 Bn 3.29 Bn 119.28 Mn 83.30 Mn
5 Adecoagro 2.04 Bn 1.74 Bn 97.80 Mn -35.83 Mn
6 Dole 1.33 Bn 1.17 Bn 184.99 Mn 123.78 Mn
7 Fresh Del Monte Produce 1.30 Bn 1.25 Bn 89.00 Mn 51.10 Mn
8 Vital Farms 463.27 Mn 426.30 Mn 53.01 Mn 55.34 Mn
9 Alico 310.30 Mn 262.17 Mn -4.59 Mn 3.23 Mn
10 Forafric Global 269.03 Mn 270.07 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 55.34 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 55.02 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 53.56 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 47.99 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 40.74 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 46.87 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 44.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 40.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 34.73 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 36.10 Mn
Sep 24, 2023 31.44 Mn
Jun 25, 2023 29.76 Mn
Mar 26, 2023 31.77 Mn
Dec 25, 2022 29.87 Mn
Sep 25, 2022 27.47 Mn
Jun 26, 2022 24.22 Mn
Mar 27, 2022 25.79 Mn
Dec 26, 2021 24.04 Mn
Sep 26, 2021 21.64 Mn
Jun 27, 2021 18.92 Mn