Vital Farms

VITL • NASDAQ

Vital Farms is a agricultural farm products company in the consumer defensive sector on NASDAQ, led by Russell Diez-Canseco, with a market cap of $1.5B. As of Q3 2025, 100% of shares are held by 268 institutional investors, with BlackRock, Inc. as the largest holder at 6.61%.

Chief Executive OfficerRussell Diez-Canseco

Market Cap$1.5B

Agricultural Farm Products

Consumer Defensive

Employees447.0

Websitevitalfarms.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in VITL as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $1.8B

All Institutions

Institutions: 268
Value Held: $1.8B
Shares Held: 44.8M
Avg Position: $6.9M
Median Position: $922.1K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 39
Value Held: $331.8M
Shares Held: 8.1M
Avg Position: $8.5M
Median Position: $2.7M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

82.28%

$1.5B

Hedge Funds

18.05%

$331.8M

Retail & Other

Based on market cap of $1.8B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in VITL as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$121.5M 0.00% of portfolio	6.61% 3.0M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$5.67T
WASATCH ADVISORS INC Long Only Manager	Michael Kenneth Yeates CEO	$97.2M 0.52% of portfolio	5.29% 2.4M shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$18.6B
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$95.3M 0.00% of portfolio	5.18% 2.3M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$6.69T
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	Jean Marie Hynes CEO	$83.2M 0.01% of portfolio	4.52% 2.0M shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$571.21B
AMAZON COM INC Institution	Andrew R. Jassy CEO	$62.9M 2.55% of portfolio	3.42% 1.5M shares	Q4 2020 Held for 4y 11m	$2.5B
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC Institution	Deanna Strable CEO	$56.7M 0.03% of portfolio	3.08% 1.4M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$197.71B
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$55.5M 0.00% of portfolio	3.02% 1.3M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$1.65T
FMR LLC Institution	-	$51.5M 0.00% of portfolio	2.80% 1.3M shares	Q1 2022 Held for 3y 8m	$1.92T
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	-	$45.3M 0.02% of portfolio	2.46% 1.1M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$195.93B
LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC Long Only Manager	Douglas Bloom Sieg Managing Partner	$43.2M 0.14% of portfolio	2.35% 1.0M shares	Q2 2023 Held for 2y 5m	$31.1B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for VITL in Q3 2025

Traded: +$107.6M
Buyers: 150
Sellers: 116
Total Bought: +$399.5M
Total Sold: −$291.9M
Avg Position: $6.3M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
FMR LLC Institution	+$51.4M +1.2M shares	$51.5M 1.3M shares
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$25.2M +612.6K shares	$37.5M 910.3K shares
D Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$23.9M +579.7K shares	$40.9M 993.3K shares
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$21.2M +516.0K shares	$34.6M 840.5K shares
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC Institution	+$16.8M +408.0K shares	$26.8M 652.1K shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	+$15.9M +387.4K shares	$55.5M 1.3M shares
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	+$15.9M +386.7K shares	$16.4M 398.6K shares
LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC Long Only Manager	+$14.9M +362.0K shares	$43.2M 1.0M shares
C Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC Institution	+$13.9M +337.2K shares	$13.9M 337.2K shares
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	+$13.7M +332.9K shares	$13.7M 332.9K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA Long Only Manager	−$42.8M −1.0M shares	$26.9M 653.9K shares
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Long Only Manager	−$31.1M −808.0K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	−$24.2M −587.6K shares	$45.3M 1.1M shares
Marshall Wace LLP Institution	−$22.8M −554.2K shares	$28.0M 679.8K shares
N Nuveen, LLC Institution	−$17.2M −417.5K shares	$8.4M 203.2K shares
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD Long Only Manager	−$16.6M −403.8K shares	$8.6M 208.7K shares
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	−$16.0M −388.3K shares	$83.2M 2.0M shares
M MACQUARIE GROUP LTD Institution	−$13.9M −338.7K shares	$15.9M 387.2K shares
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$12.2M −316.1K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
M Man Group plc Institution	−$11.4M −276.9K shares	$2.8M 67.9K shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited VITL in Q3 2025

New Positions: 23
New Value: $16.4M
Exited Positions: 27
Exited Value: $70.5M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
M MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$4.4M 106.3K shares
Jain Global LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$2.0M 47.5K shares
E E. Ohman J:or Asset Management AB Institution	$1.9M 46.2K shares
S Soviero Asset Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$1.9M 46.0K shares
C CAXTON ASSOCIATES LLP Institution	$967.2K 23.5K shares
F FOX RUN MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. Hedge Fund•Quant	$958.2K 23.3K shares
P Private Advisory Group LLC RIA/Wealth	$834.1K 20.3K shares
N Neo Ivy Capital Management Hedge Fund•Quant	$790.2K 19.2K shares
Scientech Research LLC Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	$636.5K 15.5K shares
COOKSON PEIRCE & CO INC RIA/Wealth	$570.0K 13.9K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Long Only Manager	$31.1M 808.0K shares
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$12.2M 316.1K shares
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$9.8M 254.4K shares
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$4.3M 111.6K shares
Hamilton Point Investment Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$3.6M 92.9K shares
Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC Fund of Funds	$2.9M 74.3K shares
S Sapience Investments, LLC Long Only Manager	$2.6M 66.3K shares
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	$672.9K 17.5K shares
A AVIVA PLC Institution	$530.7K 13.8K shares
SPRINGBOK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Fund of Funds	$441.1K 11.5K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in VITL as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 11
Call Value: $20.5M
Put Positions: 11
Put Value: $24.3M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
P PEAK6 LLC Institution	$7.7M 1.9K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$3.0M 725.0 contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$2.7M 649.0 contracts
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	$2.4M 577.0 contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$1.5M 363.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$1.1M 268.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.1M 257.0 contracts
C Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC Institution	$493.8K 120.0 contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$341.5K 83.0 contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$222.2K 54.0 contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$6.2M 1.5K contracts
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$5.7M 1.4K contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$3.3M 810.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$2.7M 635.0 contracts
P PEAK6 LLC Institution	$2.1M 508.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$1.6M 378.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$962.9K 234.0 contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$950.6K 231.0 contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$860.0K 209.0 contracts
Cresset Asset Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	$8.2K 2.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with VITL as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
ANCHOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC Institution	Garrett Thomas Waters CEO	12.67% $14.7M	0.80% 357.7K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$116.2M
AMAZON COM INC Institution	Andrew R. Jassy CEO	2.55% $62.9M	3.42% 1.5M shares	Q4 2020 Held for 4y 11m	$2.5B
D Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	William Zolezzi Managing Partner	1.91% $40.9M	2.22% 993.3K shares	Q3 2023 Held for 2y 2m	$2.1B
Green Alpha Advisors, LLC Long Only Manager	Garvin Frederic Jabusch Founder	1.88% $1.9M	0.11% 47.2K shares	Q3 2023 Held for 2y 2m	$103.4M
NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	George Austin Needham CEO	1.50% $21.5M	1.17% 522.5K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$1.4B
EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST Long Only Manager	Stacey Lynn Sears President	1.35% $25.5M	1.38% 618.6K shares	Q2 2024 Held for 1y 5m	$1.9B
EMERALD ADVISERS INC/PA Long Only Manager	Kenneth George Mertz CEO	1.31% $40.8M	2.22% 990.6K shares	Q2 2024 Held for 1y 5m	$3.1B
S Soviero Asset Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Thomas E King CFO	1.17% $1.9M	0.10% 46.0K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$161.8M
A AWM Investment Company, Inc. Hedge Fund•Event Driven	David Michael Greenhouse President	0.94% $10.0M	0.54% 242.2K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$1.1B
Impact Investors, Inc RIA/Wealth	Christian Albrecht Wulf Von Schimmelmann Managing Partner	0.80% $1.2M	0.07% 29.6K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 11 months	$151.9M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in VITL

FOX RUN MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

Hedge Fund • Quant

Portfolio ManagerSandeep Kumar

Portfolio Value: $640.3M
Positions: 870
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Vital Farms

Market Value: $958.2K
Shares Held: 23.3K
Portfolio Weight: 0.15%
Owned Since: 2025-Q3

Top Holding	Sector	Market Value	Weight
1 Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund XLE	ETF ETF	$7.7M	1.20%
2 Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund XLF	ETF ETF	$4.3M	0.67%
3 iShares U.S. Real Estate IYR	ETF ETF	$3.9M	0.61%