In a filing, Vital Farms Inc revealed its Officer JOANNE BAL acquired Company’s shares for reported $1.22 million on Jan 17 ’25. In the deal valued at $43.14 per share,28,246 shares were bought.
Then, KATHRYN MCKEON bought 12,300 shares, generating $530,622 in total proceeds.
Before that, McKeon Kathryn sold 12,300 shares. Vital Farms Inc shares valued at $517,584 were divested by the CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER at a price of $42.08 per share. As a result of the transaction, McKeon Kathryn now holds 46,203 shares, worth roughly $2.03 million.
Craig Hallum initiated its Vital Farms Inc [VITL] rating to a Buy in a research note published on December 20, 2024; the price target was $50. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including TD Cowen’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early August from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. Stifel also remained covering VITL and has decreased its forecast on May 10, 2024 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. William Blair started covering the stock on April 10, 2024. It rated VITL as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of VITL
On Tuesday, Vital Farms Inc [NASDAQ:VITL] saw its stock fall -2.40% to $43.93. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 5.55%. Vital Farms Inc shares have risen nearly 16.56% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 197.83% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $48.41 was reached on 01/17/25, a 52-week low of $14.16 was recorded on 01/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $35.94, while 200 days put it at $35.66.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For VITL Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 41.49, which if violated will result in even more drops to 39.05. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 45.96. A further resistance level may holdings at 47.99. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 67.90, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 3.50, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 19.96%. Stochastics %K at 88.15% indicates the stock is a selling.
How much short interest is there in Vital Farms Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Vital Farms Inc stocks on 2024-12-31, dropping by -3.22 million shares to a total of 6.57 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-29 was 9.79 million shares. There was a decline of -49.1%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on December 08, 2023 when DA Davidson began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $21 price target.
