Vital Farms (VITL) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Vital Farms (VITL) posted Return on Capital Employed of 16.6% for Q1 2026, down 28.91% sequentially from 23.35% in Q4 2025, and down 445.0% YoY from 4.81% in Q1 2025.
Vital Farms (VITL) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Vital Farms has reported Return on Capital Employed for 7 years, with the latest figure at 16.6% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 445.0% year-over-year to 16.6% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.6% (down 445.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 27.84%, up 122.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 16.6% in Q1 2026 per VITL's latest filing, from 23.35% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 23.4% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 6.29% in Q2 2022.
- A 5-year average of 14.08% and a median of 16.85% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed sank 1300 bps in 2022, then jumped 1986 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.29% in 2022, then jumped by 1205 bps to 16.85% in 2023, then surged by 38 bps to 23.24% in 2024, then advanced by 0 bps to 23.35% in 2025, then declined by 29 bps to 16.6% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 16.6%, 23.35%, and 22.62% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 0.09% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 16.60% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 23.35% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 22.62% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 23.14% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 21.04% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 23.24% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 23.40% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 22.86% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.41% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.85% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 14.51% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 13.57% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 10.04% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 1.29% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -3.66% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | -6.29% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -4.67% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 0.03% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 1.41% |