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Company snapshot — Vital Farms Inc

VITL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Vital Farms packages, markets and distributes shell eggs, butter and other egg-based products sourced from hens raised on partner family farms across the United States. It sells under its own brand through retailers, foodservice operators and direct accounts, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Vital Farms carries no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out, so it sits outside that stack entirely. It belongs to the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, in the Better Food, Clean Label & Functional sleeve, which tracks names where consumer buying habits are shifting toward traceable, less processed ingredients.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for this sleeve pairs it with flavour-and-fragrance houses and premium-format restaurant and beverage chains that are also riding the same shift in consumer habits — Sprouts Farmers Market, Chipotle, Givaudan, Symrise, Dutch Bros, CAVA, Bellring Brands and ELF Beauty.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Vital Farms holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 but carries no Closelooknet score and has not yet appeared in any diary edition or quote; the index seat is the only claim the diary makes on it so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether demand for pasture-raised, traceable egg and dairy products keeps widening among retailers and foodservice buyers, since that is the behaviour the whole sleeve is priced against.

Vital Farms Inc (VITL) trades on US exchanges. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VITL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Better Food, Clean Label & Functional · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Better Food, Clean Label & Functional

Flavour and fragrance houses, premium-format restaurants, functional-beverage challengers. Where consumer behaviour is actually changing.

Compared against VITL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

How it trades on rate days beta 1.02 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VITL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.02 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Vital Farms Inc moved 1.02% on average · correlation 0.15 · higher than 88% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.81 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.32% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.13% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Vital Farms Inc (VITL)?

Vital Farms Inc trades as VITL on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is VITL in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Vital Farms Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-26.

Where does VITL trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -12.8% vs the 50-day and -41% vs the 200-day average, 78% below the 52-week high and +25.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Vital Farms Inc do?

Vital Farms packages, markets and distributes shell eggs, butter and other egg-based products sourced from hens raised on partner family farms across the United States. It sells under its own brand through retailers, foodservice operators and direct accounts, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Closelooknet's peer group for this sleeve pairs it with flavour-and-fragrance houses and premium-format restaurant and beverage chains that are also riding the same shift in consumer habits — Sprouts Farmers Market, Chipotle, Givaudan, Symrise, Dutch Bros, CAVA, Bellring Brands and ELF Beauty.

Where does Vital Farms Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Vital Farms carries no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out, so it sits outside that stack entirely. It belongs to the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, in the Better Food, Clean Label & Functional sleeve, which tracks names where consumer buying habits are shifting toward traceable, less processed ingredients. Vital Farms holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 but carries no Closelooknet score and has not yet appeared in any diary edition or quote; the index seat is the only claim the diary makes on it so far.

How does Vital Farms Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Vital Farms Inc had a beta of 1.02 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 88% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.32% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VITL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Farm Products, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.