NASDAQ:CALM - Cal-Maine Foods Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cal-Maine Foods trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CALM."

Cal-Maine Foods announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.272 per share on Thursday, May 16th. This represents a $1.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 30th. This is a boost from Cal-Maine Foods's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Cal-Maine Foods' Dividend History.

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 Cal-Maine Foods stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Cal-Maine Foods Inc (NASDAQ:CALM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 6th. The basic materials company reported ($0.21) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.24. The basic materials company had revenue of $311.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $327.90 million. Cal-Maine Foods had a negative return on equity of 3.40% and a negative net margin of 2.94%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 12.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. View Cal-Maine Foods' Earnings History.

Cal-Maine Foods is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cal-Maine Foods.

2 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Cal-Maine Foods' stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Cal-Maine Foods' stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cal-Maine Foods.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cal-Maine Foods in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cal-Maine Foods.

News articles about CALM stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cal-Maine Foods earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Cal-Maine Foods.

Cal-Maine Foods saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 4,450,000 shares, a drop of 5.1% from the November 28th total of 4,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 350,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 12.7 days. Currently, 14.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Cal-Maine Foods' Current Options Chain.

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Cal-Maine Foods' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), 6 Meridian (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.00%). Company insiders that own Cal-Maine Foods stock include Charles Jeff Hardin, James E Poole, Jean Morris Adams, Max P Bowman and Robert L Holladay Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cal-Maine Foods.

CALM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Cal-Maine Foods company stock in the last year include James E Poole and Robert L Holladay Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cal-Maine Foods.

CALM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Cal-Maine Foods.

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

One share of CALM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.88.

Cal-Maine Foods has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $54.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.16 on an earnings per share basis. Cal-Maine Foods employs 3,490 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cal-Maine Foods.

The official website for Cal-Maine Foods is http://www.calmainefoods.com/.

Cal-Maine Foods' mailing address is 3320 Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jackson MS, 39209. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 601-948-6813 or via email at [email protected]