Market Analysts see Vital Farms Inc [VITL] gaining to $40. Time to buy?

Vital Farms Inc [NASDAQ: VITL] traded at a low on Thursday, posting a -9.27 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $31.50.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 3052355 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Vital Farms Inc stands at 8.34% while the volatility over the past one month is 5.39%.

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The market cap for VITL stock reached $1.33 billion, with 41.68 million shares outstanding and 27.75 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 926.68K shares, VITL reached a trading volume of 3052355 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Vital Farms Inc [VITL]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VITL shares is $42.50 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VITL stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Stifel have made an estimate for Vital Farms Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on May 10, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, William Blair raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on April 10, 2024, representing the official price target for Vital Farms Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $21, while DA Davidson analysts kept a Buy rating on VITL stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Vital Farms Inc is set at 2.18, with the Price to Sales ratio for VITL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.65. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.20, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.26. Price to Free Cash Flow for VITL in the course of the last twelve months was 22.76 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.66.

How has VITL stock performed recently?

Vital Farms Inc [VITL] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -13.72. With this latest performance, VITL shares dropped by -30.46% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 111.41% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 158.62% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for VITL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 26.80, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 22.18, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 32.29 for Vital Farms Inc [VITL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 41.12, while it was recorded at 34.01 for the last single week of trading, and 24.91 for the last 200 days.

Vital Farms Inc [VITL]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Vital Farms Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.66 and a Current Ratio set at 3.10.

Earnings analysis for Vital Farms Inc [VITL]

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Vital Farms Inc posted 0.15/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.07/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 114.30%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for VITL.

Insider trade positions for Vital Farms Inc [VITL]

The top three institutional holders of VITL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in VITL stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in VITL stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.