Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4Grain brand names. It sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $96.24 to $98.55
• 50-Day Range: $96.85 to $119.16
• 52-Week Range: $72.48 to $126.40
• Volume: 872,909 shs
• Average Volume: 752,695 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 3.90
• Dividend Yield: 9.69%
• Price Target: $110.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Cal-Maine Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cal-Maine Foods scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 42nd out of 189 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Cal-Maine Foods has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $110.00, representing about 13.1% upside from its current price of $97.22.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cal-Maine Foods has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -69.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cal-Maine Foods are expected to decrease by -69.92% in the coming year, from $15.59 to $4.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cal-Maine Foods is 3.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 281.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cal-Maine Foods is 3.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 162.73.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cal-Maine Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.86. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.51% of the float of Cal-Maine Foods has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cal-Maine Foods has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cal-Maine Foods has recently decreased by 11.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Cal-Maine Foods is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.72%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Cal-Maine Foods has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cal-Maine Foods is 37.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Cal-Maine Foods will have a dividend payout ratio of 200.85% in the coming year. This indicates that Cal-Maine Foods may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.37

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.51% of the float of Cal-Maine Foods has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cal-Maine Foods has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cal-Maine Foods has recently decreased by 11.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.02

News Sentiment

Cal-Maine Foods has a news sentiment score of 1.02. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Cal-Maine Foods this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

50 people have searched for CALM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 32% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

12 people have added Cal-Maine Foods to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 9% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cal-Maine Foods insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.90% of the stock of Cal-Maine Foods is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

84.67% of the stock of Cal-Maine Foods is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CALM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CALM shares performed this year?

Cal-Maine Foods' stock was trading at $102.92 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, CALM shares have decreased by 5.5% and is now trading at $97.22.

How were Cal-Maine Foods' earnings last quarter?

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALM) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 22nd. The basic materials company reported $7.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.29 by $1.75. The company's quarterly revenue was up 72.1% on a year-over-year basis.

When did Cal-Maine Foods' stock split?

Cal-Maine Foods shares split on the morning of Monday, November 3rd 2014.The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, October 3rd 2014. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, October 31st 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Who are Cal-Maine Foods' major shareholders?

Cal-Maine Foods' top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.50%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.19%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.97%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Adolphus B Baker, Letitia Callender Hughes, Robert L Holladay Jr, James E Poole, Michael Todd Walters and Charles Jeff Hardin.
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How do I buy shares of Cal-Maine Foods?

Shares of CALM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Cal-Maine Foods own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cal-Maine Foods investors own include NVIDIA (nvda), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2025
• Record date for 8/19 Dividend: 8/04/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/19 Dividend: 8/04/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/19/2025
• Today: 9/24/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/01/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Agriculture/Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CALM
• CIK: 16160
• Web: www.calmainefoods.com
• Phone: (601) 948-6813
• Fax: 601-969-0905
• Employees: 3,828
• Year Founded: 1957

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cal-Maine Foods: $110.00
• High Price Target: $115.00
• Low Price Target: $105.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $24.95
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 3.90
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.24
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.22 billion
• Net Margins: 28.63%
• Pretax Margin: 37.62%
• Return on Equity: 54.81%
• Return on Assets: 44.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 6.38
• Quick Ratio: 5.42

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.12
• Cash Flow: $26.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.61
• Book Value: $52.32 per share
• Price / Book: 1.86

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 49,050,000
• Free Float: 47,133,000
• Market Cap: $4.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.27