Cal-Maine Foods/$CALM
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About Cal-Maine Foods
Cal-Maine Foods Inc is an egg company in the U.S. Its shell egg portfolio includes conventional, specialty, cage-free, nutritionally enhanced, organic, brown, pasture-raised, and free-range eggs. The Company operates through the Conventional Shell Eggs, Specialty Shell Eggs and Prepared Foods segments, with Conventional Shell Eggs generating maximum revenue. The Conventional Shell Eggs segment consists mainly of the production, grading, packaging, marketing and distribution of conventional shell eggs, including Sunups and Sunny Meadow. The Company sells its products to grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, and foodservice distributors serving restaurants, convenience stores, healthcare and education facilities, and hotels throughout the U.S.
- Ticker
- $CALM
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 4,836
- Headquarters
- Ridgeland, United States
- Website
- www.calmainefoods.com
Cal-Maine Foods Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$3B
51.50
$1.23
0.23
$2.46
2.25%
Price and volume
Market cap
$3B
Beta
0.23
52-week high
$95.25
52-week low
$60.13
Average daily volume
1.4M
Dividend rate
$2.46
Financial strength
Current ratio
7.701
Quick ratio
5.509
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
200.01%
Interest coverage (TTM)
25.28%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
148.514
Gross margin (TTM)
14.28%
Net profit margin (TTM)
2.32%
Operating margin (TTM)
0.80%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
14.61%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$520,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.41%
Return on equity (TTM)
2.38%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
51.503
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.188
Price to book
1.16
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.26
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
-91.653
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-1.09%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
-0.693
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.87%
Forward dividend yield
2.25%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-42.51%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-95.26%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-4.98%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.09%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-54.35%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-8.31%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-36.99%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-0.98%
What the Analysts think about Cal-Maine Foods
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Cal-Maine Foods stock.
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Specialty Shell Eggs and Prepared Foods made up about 54% of first-quarter sales and both segments remained profitable, cushioning the loss in conventional eggs. A larger contribution from these businesses could make earnings less exposed to the shell-egg cycle. (GlobeNewswire)
Cal-Maine expects Prepared Foods capacity to grow by more than 60% by the first half of fiscal 2028. If it can fill the new lines profitably, this expansion could build a larger and more diversified earnings stream. (GlobeNewswire)
The company’s new Eggland’s Best franchise territory in the Northeast is expected to add about 5% to specialty egg volume each year. That gives Cal-Maine a specific route to grow its branded egg business in a large regional market. (GlobeNewswire)
Oversupply sent conventional egg prices down 59.3% year on year in the first quarter, pushing the company to a $58.6 million net loss. Cal-Maine said it cannot predict when the market will rebalance, so weak core earnings could persist. (GlobeNewswire)
The newer businesses are not yet showing consistent growth: Specialty Shell Egg sales fell 14% and Prepared Foods sales fell 13% year on year in the first quarter. Their operating income also declined, showing that a higher sales mix alone has not prevented pressure on results. (GlobeNewswire)
The Prepared Foods expansion may take time to pay off: management said commissioning and start-up costs come before full utilisation and earnings, and success depends on finding demand for the added output. Capacity growth therefore brings execution risk as well as opportunity. (The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 8 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Cal-Maine Foods
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $CALM weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Agribusiness$ISAG | $494M | 1.03% |
iShares Agribusiness£SPAG | $494M | 1.03% |
iShares Agribusiness€ISAE | $491M | 1.03% |
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.16% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | $3.2B | 0.16% |
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