Vital Farms (VITL) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Vital Farms has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 1.27% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.27%, down 2232.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.27% (down 2232.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.04%, down 2058.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.27% for Q1 2026 at Vital Farms, down from 5.06% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 23.4% in Q3 2024 to a low of 6.29% in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.72% (2023), against an average of 11.75%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 1902 bps in 2023 and sank 2232 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Vital Farms' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.36% in 2022, then jumped by 4522 bps to 16.85% in 2023, then soared by 38 bps to 23.24% in 2024, then sank by 78 bps to 5.06% in 2025, then sank by 125 bps to 1.27% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.27% (Q1 2026), 5.06% (Q4 2025), and 22.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.