Vital Farms (VITL) Share-based Compensation (2019 - 2026)

Vital Farms (VITL) reported Share-based Compensation of $2.8 million for Q1 2026, down 3.4% on a YoY basis from $2.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 70.35% sequentially from $9.3 million in Q4 2025.

Vital Farms (VITL) Share-based Compensation (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Vital Farms (VITL) has 8 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $2.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation fell 3.4% year-over-year to $2.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $18.3 million (up 116.58% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $12.4 million, up 52.69% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation declined to $2.8 million in Q1 2026, from $9.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $9.3 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$5.5 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $2.1 million and a median of $2.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation jumped 54570.59% in 2025 and declined 3.4% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Tracing VITL's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $1.6 million in 2022, then sank by 450.67% to -$5.5 million in 2023, then soared by 100.31% to $17000.0 in 2024, then jumped by 54570.59% to $9.3 million in 2025, then plunged by 70.35% to $2.8 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows VITL's Share-based Compensation at $2.8 million in Q1 2026, $9.3 million in Q4 2025, and $3.2 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 41.79 Bn 41.18 Bn 1.22 Bn 64.00 Mn
2 Bunge Global 23.70 Bn 22.91 Bn 766.00 Mn 23.00 Mn
3 Cal-Maine Foods 4.20 Bn 4.10 Bn 34.07 Mn -
4 Del Monte 1.35 Bn 1.29 Bn 89.00 Mn 6.80 Mn
5 Dole 1.34 Bn 1.09 Bn 184.99 Mn 1.54 Mn
6 Adecoagro 1.10 Bn 1.06 Bn 97.80 Mn 12.55 Mn
7 Vital Farms 568.49 Mn 531.53 Mn 53.01 Mn 2.76 Mn
8 Alico 298.33 Mn 250.20 Mn -4.59 Mn 140,000.00
9 Forafric Global 283.29 Mn 284.32 Mn - -
10 Limoneira 240.76 Mn 259.12 Mn 21.52 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 2.76 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 2.76 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 9.29 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 9.29 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 3.24 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 3.24 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 3.03 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 3.03 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 2.85 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 2.85 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 17,000.00
Dec 29, 2024 17,000.00
Sep 29, 2024 2.67 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 2.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 1.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 1.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -5.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -5.50 Mn