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

Vital Farms' (VITL) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 1.25% in Q1 2026, down 1467.0% year-on-year from 0.09% in Q1 2025, and up 94.43% quarter-over-quarter from 22.38% in Q4 2025.

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

Vital Farms has disclosed Operating Margin across 8 years of filings, most recently posting 1.25% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.25%, down 1467.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.63% (down 1048.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.52%, down 796.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 1.25% for Q1 2026 at Vital Farms, up from 22.38% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 16.34% in Q1 2024 to a low of 22.38% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 6.69% (2023), against an average of 4.9%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 1445 bps in 2023 and sank 3022 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Vital Farms' Operating Margin stood at 1.76% in 2022, then jumped by 281 bps to 6.69% in 2023, then rose by 17 bps to 7.83% in 2024, then plunged by 386 bps to 22.38% in 2025, then surged by 94 bps to 1.25% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 1.25% (Q1 2026), 22.38% (Q4 2025), and 10.76% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 36.33 Bn 35.72 Bn 1.22 Bn 1.22%
2 Bunge Global 21.79 Bn 22.33 Bn 766.00 Mn 1.07%
3 Tyson Foods 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 962.00 Mn 3.19%
4 Cal-Maine Foods 3.68 Bn 3.29 Bn 119.28 Mn 5.39%
5 Adecoagro 2.04 Bn 1.74 Bn 97.80 Mn 5.67%
6 Dole 1.33 Bn 1.17 Bn 184.99 Mn 2.65%
7 Fresh Del Monte Produce 1.30 Bn 1.25 Bn 89.00 Mn 1.93%
8 Vital Farms 463.27 Mn 426.30 Mn 53.01 Mn -1.25%
9 Alico 310.30 Mn 262.17 Mn -4.59 Mn -146.46%
10 Forafric Global 269.03 Mn 270.07 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -1.25%
Dec 28, 2025 -22.38%
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 1.76%
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%
Jun 27, 2021 5.00%