Vital Farms, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $350.36M
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Vital Farms
Food and Kindred Products, SIC 2000
Vital Farms packages and distributes pasture-raised dairy and egg products. Its offerings include shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs. The company operates across retail and foodservice channels. In the retail segment, it sells products through natural and mainstream grocery chains, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, Kroger, Target, Albertsons, and Walmart. In the foodservice segment, it supplies commercial and non-commercial restaurant operators and distributors across the country.
The company distributes its products across the United States to more than 24,000 stores and reaches nearly 16 million households. It sources eggs through a network of over 600 small family farms, while cream for its butter comes from dairy farms in Ireland. Processing takes place at an egg packaging facility in Springfield, Missouri, with an additional facility under construction in Seymour, Indiana. Vital Farms was founded on a farm in Austin, Texas.
Summary of the business section of Vital Farms's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Vital Farms, Inc.
- Founded
- 2007
- Headquarters
- Austin, TX
- Address
- 3601 South Congress Avenue, Suite A100
- Phone
- (877) 455-3063
- Employees
- 739, Dec 28, 2025
- Industry
- Food and Kindred Products
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 27
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Austin, Texas
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- VITL
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Jul 31, 2020
- Shares outstanding
- 43M, Aug 3, 2026
- Public float
- $1.40B, Jun 29, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1579733
- CUSIP
- 92847W103
- ISIN
- US92847W1036
- LEI
- 549300S6NYY7ER3XOT61
- EIN
- 27-0496985
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Diez-Canseco | Exec. Chair, President & CEO, Director | 706,060 |
| Hoven Reena Chauhan Van | Chief People Officer | 25,483 |
| Joseph Michael Holland | Chief Supply Chain Officer | 37,738 |
| Joanne Bal | CLO, Secy. & Head of Impact | 55,843 |
| Thilo Wrede | Chief Financial Officer | 75,977 |
| Stephanie Coon | Chief Strategy Officer | 62,814 |
| Peter Nicholas Pappas | CSO and President, Eggs | 85,564 |
| Kathryn McKeon | CMO and GM, Butter | 50,275 |
| William B. Cyr | Director | 24,230 |
| Kelly J. Kennedy | Director | 33,363 |
| Kofi Owusu Amoo-Gottfried | Director | 41,497 |
| Glenda J. Flanagan | Director | 1,651,164 |
| Denny Marie Post | Director | 29,748 |
| Karl Khoury | Director | 1,910,605 |
| Gisel Ruiz | Director | 56,985 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Mr. Diez-Canseco | $3.62M | $1.92M | $1.11M | $183 | $88 |
| FY2024 Mr. Diez-Canseco | $6.00M | $20.17M | $1.67M | $216 | $94 |
| FY2023 Mr. Diez-Canseco | $3.16M | $2.56M | $1.51M | $91 | $98 |
| FY2022 Mr. Diez-Canseco | $2.16M | $1.16M | $1.24M | $89 | $108 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 28, 2025, we had approximately 739 full-time crew members, including 507 in operations, 76 in sales and marketing, 39 in finance and 119 in general and administrative functions, all of whom are located in the United States.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2024 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Jul 31, 2020 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Jul 28, 2020 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |