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Vital Farms (Vital Farms) Interest Coverage

: 33.79 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Vital Farms's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.1 Mil. Vital Farms's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.3 Mil. Vital Farms's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 33.79. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vital Farms's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

VITL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 17.21   Max: 42.52
Current: 42.52


VITL's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
77.37% of 1374 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.41 vs VITL: 42.52

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Vital Farms Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vital Farms's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Vital Farms Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.60 25.06 1.00 18.46 42.52

Vital Farms Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.60 78.39 59.11 21.97 33.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Farm Products subindustry, Vital Farms's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Vital Farms's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vital Farms's Interest Coverage falls into.



Vital Farms Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Vital Farms's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Vital Farms's Interest Expense was $-0.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $33.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $16.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*33.254/-0.782
=42.52

Vital Farms's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Vital Farms's Interest Expense was $-0.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $9.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $16.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*9.09/-0.269
=33.79

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Vital Farms  (NAS:VITL) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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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