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$115.40 -1.40 (-1.20%)
Closing price 08/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$115.59 +0.19 (+0.17%)
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CALM vs. ZEUS, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, PPC, SFD, CPB, CAG, and POST

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

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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 28.63% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.77%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 54.81% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods28.63% 54.81% 44.18%
Olympic Steel 0.77%1.95%1.07%

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $9.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 37.7% 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 beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 5 mentions for Olympic Steel. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Cal-Maine Foods' score of 1.44 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$4.26B1.33$1.22B$24.954.63
Olympic Steel$1.94B0.19$22.98M$1.2227.64

Cal-Maine Foods currently has a consensus target price of $110.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.68%. Olympic Steel has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats Olympic Steel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$5.73B$4.06B$3.44B$9.79B
Dividend Yield8.19%3.87%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio4.635.45110.5826.59
Price / Sales1.331.0833,764,300,431,814,600.00155.72
Price / Cash4.365.4824.1759.36
Price / Book2.211.046.176.68
Net Income$1.22B$509.68M$150.51M$265.59M
7 Day Performance-0.55%0.93%2.04%0.66%
1 Month Performance6.70%17.08%6.63%2.64%
1 Year Performance60.63%19.01%38.44%22.36%

Cal-Maine Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
2.9311 of 5 stars
$115.40
-1.2%
$110.00
-4.7%
+61.5%$5.73B$4.26B4.633,828Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.932 of 5 stars
$32.37
-0.8%
$38.00
+17.4%
-15.7%$362.49M$1.94B26.532,163
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.7048 of 5 stars
$56.60
-0.2%
$61.25
+8.2%
-14.6%$20.12B$54.15B25.70138,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.8166 of 5 stars
$69.87
+1.2%
$84.75
+21.3%
-12.3%$18.74B$6.72B24.2414,100
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.8247 of 5 stars
$28.78
+1.3%
$33.00
+14.7%
-22.1%$15.82B$11.92B21.1520,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.5326 of 5 stars
$112.87
+0.8%
$119.62
+6.0%
-6.9%$12.01B$8.73B-9.768,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0317 of 5 stars
$47.61
-0.4%
$49.00
+2.9%
-4.5%$11.25B$17.88B9.1261,600Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.1295 of 5 stars
$25.37
+0.9%
$28.44
+12.1%
N/A$9.97B$14.84B11.1836,500Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
3.555 of 5 stars
$32.66
-0.1%
$38.44
+17.7%
-36.9%$9.73B$9.64B21.6114,400
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.7943 of 5 stars
$19.32
+0.2%
$22.17
+14.8%
-40.4%$9.25B$11.61B8.0818,300Positive News
POST
Post
3.688 of 5 stars
$110.94
+1.0%
$129.40
+16.6%
-4.1%$6.03B$7.92B18.8711,480Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CALM) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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