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Vital Farms (Vital Farms) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.57 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vital Farms Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vital Farms's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.3 Mil. Vital Farms's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.3 Mil. Vital Farms's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $39.3 Mil. Vital Farms's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.57.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VITL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 0.61   Max: 1.28
Current: 0.55

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vital Farms was 1.28. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.61.

VITL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
77.7% of 1426 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs VITL: 0.55

Vital Farms Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vital Farms Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vital Farms Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.94 0.05 0.08 1.28 0.55

Vital Farms Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.64 0.20 0.22 0.47 0.57

Competitive Comparison of Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Vital Farms Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vital Farms's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.312 + 16.252) / 40.908
=0.55

Vital Farms's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.312 + 16.252) / 39.32
=0.57

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Vital Farms  (NAS:VITL) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Vital Farms Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Vital Farms (Vital Farms) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3601 South Congress Avenue, Suite C100, Austin, TX, USA, 78704
Vital Farms Inc is an ethical food company. The company retails pasture-raised eggs and butter. Its products include Pasture-Raised Eggs and Pasture-Raised Butter & Ghee. The company's purpose is rooted in a commitment to Conscious Capitalism, which prioritizes the long-term benefits of each of its stakeholders (farmers and suppliers, customers and consumers, communities and the environment, employees, and stockholders).
Executives
Matthew Ohayer director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Russell Diez-canseco director, officer: President and CEO C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Jason Dale officer: COO and CFO C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Thilo Wrede officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Kathryn Mckeon officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Stephanie Coon officer: SVP of People and Strategy C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Brent Drever director C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Denny Marie Post director C/O BURGER KING HOLDINGS, INC., 5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
Joanne Bal officer: GC, Sec. and Head of ESG C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Scott Marcus officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TN 78704
Jeffery S Dawson officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2711 NORTH HASKELL AVENUE, SUITE 3400, DALLAS TX 75204
Kofi Owusu Amoo-gottfried director C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Bo Erick Meissner officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Karl Khoury director C/O VITAL FARMS, INC., 3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE C100, AUSTIN TX 78704
Glenda J Flanagan director 550 BOWIE STREET, AUSTIN TX 78703