Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO) vs Vital Farms, Inc. (VITL)

Adecoagro S.A. and Vital Farms, Inc. are both Farm Products companies. Adecoagro S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $460.2M — 3.3× the size. Vital Farms, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Adecoagro S.A. trades at 31.6×. Vital Farms, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.4% against 6.22%. Adecoagro S.A. has the higher net margin (3.00% vs 0.02%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.50% vs 0.07%). Across the 20 metrics below, Adecoagro S.A. leads on 12 and Vital Farms, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric AGRO VITL Farm Products median
P/E 31.61 n/m 21.24
P/S 0.92 0.56 0.50
P/B 0.81 1.51 1.20
Price to free cash flow 25.29 n/m 13.98
EV/EBITDA 6.07 28.15 8.14
EV/Sales 1.94 0.58 0.58
Earnings yield 3.16% (0.20%) 0.56%
Free cash flow yield 3.95% (29.23%) (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric AGRO VITL Farm Products median
Gross margin 30.06% 28.12% 6.87%
Operating margin 12.09% 0.04% 0.11%
Net margin 3.00% 0.02% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 3.64% (16.31%) 0.00%
Return on equity 3.01% 0.05% 1.52%
Return on assets 1.16% 0.03% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 3.50% 0.07% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AGRO VITL Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.22% 16.37% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (108.93%) 22.03% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.79% 28.80% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 49.76% 0.00%

Health

Metric AGRO VITL Farm Products median
Debt to equity 1.07 0.11 0.24
Current ratio 1.73 1.10 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA 3.06 (1.06) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric AGRO VITL Farm Products median
Dividend yield 7.49% — 3.06%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.00 0.17

Size

Metric AGRO VITL Farm Products median
Market cap 1.53b 460.23m 293.80m

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