Vital Farms Inc [NASDAQ: VITL] loss -9.12% or -3.09 points to close at $30.79 with a heavy trading volume of 4092768 shares.
The daily chart for VITL points out that the company has recorded -5.61% loss over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 1.03M shares, VITL reached to a volume of 4092768 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying 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 $46.86 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 1.25. 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.
Telsey Advisory Group have made an estimate for Vital Farms Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on January 27, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Craig Hallum raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on December 20, 2024, representing the official price target for Vital Farms Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $44, while TD Cowen analysts kept a Buy rating on VITL stock. On May 10, 2024, analysts increased their price target for VITL shares from 30 to 40.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Vital Farms Inc is set at 2.31, with the Price to Sales ratio for VITL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.34. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.31, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.72. Price to Free Cash Flow for VITL in the course of the last twelve months was 22.29 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.81.
Trading performance analysis for VITL stock
Vital Farms Inc [VITL] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -11.45. With this latest performance, VITL shares dropped by -28.18% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -5.61% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 77.98% 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 31.22, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 27.90, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 35.03 for Vital Farms Inc [VITL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 38.72, while it was recorded at 32.79 for the last single week of trading, and 37.10 for the last 200 days.
Vital Farms Inc [VITL]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Vital Farms Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.81 and a Current Ratio set at 3.24.
Vital Farms Inc [VITL]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
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. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Vital Farms Inc go to 18.73%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Vital Farms Inc [VITL]
The top three institutional holders of VITL stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 3.73 million shares, which is approximately 8.9301%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 2.1 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$98.39 million in VITL stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$71.52 million in VITL stock with ownership which is approximately 3.5982%.
