Vital Farms (VITL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2020 - 2026)
Vital Farms (VITL) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of -4.24% for Q3 2026, down 17.51 percentage points from 13.27% a year earlier and down 4.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vital Farms (VITL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Vital Farms' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 15.10%, down 1.73 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +7.48 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Vital Farms' Return on Assets [ROA] was 16.83% in FY2024 (+6.39 pp), 10.44% in FY2023 (+9.83 pp), 0.61% in FY2022 (-0.71 pp) and 1.32% in FY2021 (-6.30 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to Q3 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.31 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q3 2023, with a gain of 10.42 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2026, with a drop of 17.51 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 0.03% (Q2 2026), 9.46% (Q1 2026) and 13.25% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 5.72% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 12.87% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -4.79% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -2.96% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.42% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.69% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.57% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 7.78% |
| 10 | Vital Farms | 429.78 Mn | 239.13 Mn | 42.14 Mn | -4.24% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | -4.24% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 0.03% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 9.46% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 13.25% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 13.27% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 12.77% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.93% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 15.17% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 15.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 15.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.74% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 8.32% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 7.09% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 4.49% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 0.58% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -2.11% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | -3.23% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -1.38% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 1.26% |
API Access
Vital Farms Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();