Del Monte Corp (DMC) is slightly undervalued and Vital Farms Inc (VITL) is undervalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, VITL trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +61%, against +12% for DMC.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $35.85; the price of $31.56 is 12% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 63/100 on 10 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 9.3% values the shares at $28.62; the price of $11.25 is 61% below that value, and 76% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 60/100 on 8 of 12 signals
| Metric | DMC | VITL |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Slightly undervalued | Undervalued |
| Price | $31.56 | $11.25 |
| Intrinsic value | $35.85 | $28.62 |
| Margin of safety | +12% | +61% |
| Leak Score | 63/100 (10/12) | 60/100 (8/12) |
| Market cap | $1.5B | $483M |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 0.6% | 28.8% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 0.5% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Return on equity | 1.7% | 0.1% |
| Debt to equity | 0.30 | 0.38 |
| P/E | 44.3x | — |
| Forward P/E | 10.0x | 35.7x |
| P/B | 0.7x | 1.7x |
| Dividend yield | 3.8% | — |