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$102.00 -1.17 (-1.13%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:53 PM Eastern
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CALM vs. ZEUS, HRL, SJM, PPC, CAG, CPB, SFD, POST, LANC, and FLO

Should you be buying Cal-Maine Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cal-Maine Foods include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell's (CPB), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Flowers Foods (FLO).

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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 6 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 2 mentions for Olympic Steel. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.60 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Olympic Steel
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.63%. Olympic Steel has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 26.08% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.88%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 48.72% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods26.08% 48.72% 39.06%
Olympic Steel 0.88%2.16%1.20%

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympic Steel pays out 44.8% 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 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$2.33B2.15$277.89M$20.235.04
Olympic Steel$1.94B0.20$22.98M$1.4324.34

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CALM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CALM vs. The Competition

MetricCal-Maine FoodsAgriculture/Products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.00B$4.50B$3.27B$9.02B
Dividend Yield13.59%6.31%5.15%3.99%
P/E Ratio5.044.3891.9420.25
Price / Sales2.151.0627,226,089,426,177,000.00119.26
Price / Cash14.097.1523.9228.59
Price / Book2.780.965.895.65
Net Income$277.89M$375.09M$147.76M$249.15M
7 Day Performance2.38%2.83%2.11%2.91%
1 Month Performance3.94%2.97%4.50%4.11%
1 Year Performance63.62%5.15%24.94%20.98%

Cal-Maine Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.6669 of 5 stars
$102.00
-1.1%
$83.00
-18.6%
+63.6%$5.00B$2.33B5.043,067Analyst Upgrade
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.5725 of 5 stars
$33.94
+1.1%
$41.00
+20.8%
-16.6%$378.77M$1.94B23.732,163
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.2441 of 5 stars
$30.73
+0.1%
$32.86
+6.9%
+1.3%$16.90B$11.92B22.5920,000Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.6601 of 5 stars
$104.43
+1.4%
$115.80
+10.9%
-5.5%$11.12B$8.73B-9.038,000Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0619 of 5 stars
$45.31
-0.4%
$48.67
+7.4%
+20.2%$10.74B$17.88B8.9461,600Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.3925 of 5 stars
$21.07
+0.1%
$24.82
+17.8%
-25.7%$10.06B$12.05B30.9918,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell's
3.6817 of 5 stars
$31.86
+0.5%
$40.11
+25.9%
-30.9%$9.50B$9.64B21.1014,400
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.4765 of 5 stars
$24.03
-0.8%
$27.86
+15.9%
N/A$9.45B$14.14B10.5936,500Positive News
POST
Post
4.0019 of 5 stars
$111.09
-0.4%
$130.50
+17.5%
+3.8%$6.19B$7.92B19.7810,400Trending News
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.9259 of 5 stars
$172.77
+0.6%
$203.50
+17.8%
-8.6%$4.76B$1.87B28.093,400
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.549 of 5 stars
$16.29
+0.4%
$19.25
+18.2%
-25.0%$3.44B$5.10B15.0810,200News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CALM) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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