VITL · CIK 0001579733 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
Vital Farms, Inc.
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Model
Classic Z
FY2025
4.01
Zone
Safe
Prior
—
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
4.01
Z″ 6.07
Score 4.01 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.
Classic Z factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.
0.271.2 × = 0.33X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
0.291.4 × = 0.40X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.
0.173.3 × = 0.56X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.
2.100.6 × = 1.26X5 Sales / assets
Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.
1.461 × = 1.46
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.
Meridian Rank
87.82
0–100 · Classic Z family
Book standing
87
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
90
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
Approaching grey
watch · 41
- Live score: — → 4.01
- Cut: — → 1.80
Overview
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Vital Farms, Inc. is on classic Z at 4.01 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Sales / assets is the line that sets the print; book equity / liabilities is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.
Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Classic Z scores · 84th percentile in Consumer.
Filing line items
Current assets
$263M
Total assets
$519M
Current liabilities
$122M
Total liabilities
$167M
Working capital
$141M
Retained earnings
$149M
EBIT
$88M
Total sales
$759M
Book equity
$351M
Accession 0001193125-26-073423. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.