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: $73.99 to $75.73
• 50-Day Range: $76.03 to $93.50
• 52-Week Range: $71.92 to $115.49
• Volume: 872,399 shs
• Average Volume: 988,471 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.39
• Dividend Yield: 1.92%
• Price Target: $94.71
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Cal-Maine Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cal-Maine Foods scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 73rd out of 172 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Cal-Maine Foods has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $94.71, representing about 27.2% upside from its current price of $74.45.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cal-Maine Foods has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cal-Maine Foods is 11.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.27.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cal-Maine Foods is 11.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.47.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cal-Maine Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.10% 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 7.55.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cal-Maine Foods has recently decreased by 1.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Cal-Maine Foods pays a meaningful dividend of 1.81%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

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 21.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.78

News Sentiment

Cal-Maine Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.78. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Cal-Maine Foods this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 9 people have searched for CALM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -53% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Cal-Maine Foods to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 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

3.60% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Today: 9/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 9/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food 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: 4,909
• Year Founded: 1957

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cal-Maine Foods: $94.71
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $83.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +26.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.39
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $316.68 million
• Net Margins: 10.88%
• Pretax Margin: 14.12%
• Return on Equity: 11.79%
• Return on Assets: 10.06%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 7.70
• Quick Ratio: 5.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.91 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.20
• Cash Flow: $8.88 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.40
• Book Value: $56.20 per share
• Price / Book: 1.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 46,920,000
• Free Float: 45,228,000
• Market Cap: $3.50 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.23