Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Agricultural Farm Products
Village Farms International, Inc. VFF
$2.84 -0.35% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $345.9M
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.19, up 113.5% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 16.1% from -3.6% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 10.6% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 48%
- Gross marginTop 31%
- Operating marginTop 18%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
- Interest coverTop 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 43%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 47%
- 6-month returnTop 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 17%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 9%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -23.6% | -23.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 44.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -3.6% | 16.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | -0.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -23.9% | -23.6% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 113.5% | — | Top 7% | |
| Gross margin | 44.3% | 18.6% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | -3.6% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 3.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.9% | 3.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | — | Bottom 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.7% | — | Bottom 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.15×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +44.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.54×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 17.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -2.75%
- Shareholder yield
- -2.75%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +10.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +8.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.15
- Target vs current price
- +116.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 78%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +295.5% | +13.9% | +21.6% | +40.4% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +0.0% | +2.7% | +1.6% | -16.0% | -24.1% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | -60.0% | -13.1% | -22.2% | -22.8% | -40.5% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | +166.7% | +16.9% | +26.7% | +8.4% | +1.4% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +600.0% | +34.3% | +49.4% | +48.3% | +84.3% |
| May 12, 2025 | -500.0% | +5.4% | +57.4% | +78.4% | +156.3% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -300.0% | -2.9% | +2.2% | -22.1% | +72.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -61.6% | +10.9% | -0.7% | -2.8% | -1.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.02 | +295.5% | $64.0M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.02 | $0.02 | +0.0% | $50.2M |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $0.02 | $0.05 | -60.0% | $49.6M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.03 | +166.7% | $66.7M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.10 | -$0.02 | +600.0% | $59.9M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.01 | -500.0% | $77.1M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.02 | -300.0% | $82.6M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | -61.6% | $15.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.1× | — | — | Top 21% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.5× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 1.38× | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.61% | — | — | Bottom 14% |
| Earnings yield | 6.62% | — | — | Top 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.2× – 26.3× since Jun 30, 2025. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +113.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -52.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 40
- Days above the 200-day average
- 12
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +17.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.6%
- RSI (14)
- 48.0
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 4th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -68.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -97.5% | 1044 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 | -18.1% | 10 days | 7 days (Dec 23, 2020) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -17.6% | 10 days | 4 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 | -16.5% | 2 days | 6 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -14.4% | 6 days | 4 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $345.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.19
- Revenue (TTM)
- $230.6M
- 52-week range
- $1.81 – $4.99
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $268.0M | $293.6M | $285.6M | $336.2M | $215.9M |
| Gross profit | $45.2M | $27.5M | $49.4M | $47.4M | $87.7M |
| Operating income | -$8.7M | -$44.8M | -$16.1M | -$23.6M | $27.4M |
| Net income | -$9.1M | -$101.1M | -$34.8M | -$35.9M | $32.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.11 | -$1.11 | -$0.29 | -$0.32 | $0.27 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $83.4M | $82.6M | $77.1M | $59.9M | $66.7M | $49.6M | $50.2M | $64.0M |
| Net income | -$820,000 | -$8.6M | -$6.7M | $26.5M | $10.2M | $2.4M | $2.9M | $7.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.01 | -$0.08 | -$0.06 | $0.24 | $0.08 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.06 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$39.6M | -$19.9M | $5.3M | $10.3M | $49.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.7M | -$14.3M | -$6.5M | -$10.2M | -$18.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$61.2M | -$34.2M | -$1.2M | $107,000 | $31.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $130.0M | $6.9M | $24.8M | $0 | $2.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $72.9M
- Total assets
- $428.5M
- Total liabilities
- $116.3M
- Total debt
- $46.2M
- Net debt
- -$26.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $312.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,173,443
- Days to cover
- 7.96
- Change vs previous report
- -2.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.