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Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Competitors

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$92.76 +0.90 (+0.98%)
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CALM vs. ZEUS, MKC, HRL, SJM, CPB, CAG, PPC, SFD, POST, and MZTI

Should you be buying Cal-Maine Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cal-Maine Foods include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell's (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), and Marzetti (MZTI).

Cal-Maine Foods vs. Its Competitors

Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Cal-Maine Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Olympic Steel. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cal-Maine Foods$4.26B1.06$1.22B$26.013.56
Olympic Steel$1.94B0.16$22.98M$1.2222.45

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $9.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympic Steel pays out 52.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Olympic Steel has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 28.86% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.77%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 52.31% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods28.86% 52.31% 42.84%
Olympic Steel 0.77%1.95%1.07%

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus price target of $101.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.74%. Olympic Steel has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.71%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cal-Maine Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 2 mentions for Olympic Steel. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.90 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cal-Maine Foods
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Olympic Steel
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats Olympic Steel on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CALM vs. The Competition

MetricCal-Maine FoodsAgriculture/Products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.52B$4.19B$3.85B$10.55B
Dividend Yield10.12%4.26%5.05%4.78%
P/E Ratio3.586.13157.7227.19
Price / Sales1.061.2324,324.62132.91
Price / Cash3.475.9526.8362.13
Price / Book1.660.957.396.65
Net Income$1.22B$509.68M$148.99M$276.79M
7 Day Performance-1.81%2.77%3.20%1.75%
1 Month Performance-10.44%3.01%14.96%5.15%
1 Year Performance-1.78%9.91%64.86%36.96%

Cal-Maine Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
4.1978 of 5 stars
$92.76
+1.0%
$101.75
+9.7%
-2.4%$4.51B$4.26B3.583,828Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.3243 of 5 stars
$29.95
+0.7%
$38.00
+26.9%
-28.1%$335.55M$1.94B24.562,163
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.5271 of 5 stars
$65.65
+0.0%
$80.50
+22.6%
-17.9%$17.62B$6.72B22.8014,100Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.745 of 5 stars
$23.92
-0.4%
$30.88
+29.1%
-24.0%$13.15B$11.92B17.4620,000Ex-Dividend
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.0008 of 5 stars
$105.83
-2.1%
$118.00
+11.5%
-14.6%$11.29B$8.73B-7.728,000
CPB
Campbell's
3.1637 of 5 stars
$30.73
-1.2%
$34.82
+13.3%
-36.5%$9.16B$10.25B15.3813,700Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.7801 of 5 stars
$18.78
-0.7%
$21.92
+16.7%
-38.6%$8.98B$11.61B10.6718,300Analyst Revision
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
3.0348 of 5 stars
$37.56
-2.6%
$49.00
+30.4%
-18.2%$8.93B$17.88B7.2461,600Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
3.756 of 5 stars
$21.80
-2.3%
$28.44
+30.4%
N/A$8.57B$14.84B9.6036,500Analyst Forecast
POST
Post
4.5716 of 5 stars
$106.80
-0.8%
$130.80
+22.5%
-10.7%$5.80B$7.92B18.1611,480Trending News
MZTI
Marzetti
4.2901 of 5 stars
$165.21
+0.3%
$206.00
+24.7%
-8.2%$4.55B$1.91B27.223,700Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CALM) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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