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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Cal-Maine Foods beats Olympic Steel on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CALM) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
