Dole plc (DOLE) is 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 +48% for DOLE.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 6.9% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $25.36; the price of $13.20 is 48% below that value.
Leak Score 54/100 on 3 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 | DOLE | VITL |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Undervalued | Undervalued |
| Price | $13.20 | $11.25 |
| Intrinsic value | $25.36 | $28.62 |
| Margin of safety | +48% | +61% |
| Leak Score | 54/100 (3/12) | 60/100 (8/12) |
| Market cap | $1.2B | $483M |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 16.1% | 28.8% |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Return on equity | 5.2% | 0.1% |
| Debt to equity | 1.09 | 0.38 |
| P/E | 17.0x | — |
| Forward P/E | 8.8x | 35.7x |
| P/B | 0.9x | 1.7x |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | — |