Cal-Maine Foods (CALM)
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Rating:78Outperform
Price Target:
$95.00
▲(25.28% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:04/02/26
The score is driven primarily by strong financial quality (debt-free balance sheet, high margins, solid cash generation) and attractive valuation (low P/E and high dividend yield). Offsetting these positives are weak technical momentum and the earnings call’s clear acknowledgment of a cyclical trough with sharp YoY profit and cash-flow declines, despite constructive recovery guidance.
Positive Factors
Debt-free balance sheet & liquidity
A virtually debt-free balance sheet and >$1.1B of cash provide durable financial flexibility: funds for capex, M&A, buybacks and dividends without reliance on external financing. This lowers solvency risk and gives the firm time to navigate cyclical downturns while executing strategy.
Negative Factors
High revenue and profit cyclicality
Cal‑Maine's top line and earnings exhibit pronounced cyclicality tied to wholesale egg prices; large YoY swings erode forecasting reliability and can compress returns and cash flow in downturns. Persistent revenue volatility complicates capital planning despite strong balance sheet.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Debt-free balance sheet & liquidity
A virtually debt-free balance sheet and >$1.1B of cash provide durable financial flexibility: funds for capex, M&A, buybacks and dividends without reliance on external financing. This lowers solvency risk and gives the firm time to navigate cyclical downturns while executing strategy.
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Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$3.59B
Dividend Yield10.53%
Average Volume (3M)984.62K
Price to Earnings (P/E)20.4
Beta (1Y)0.37
Revenue Growth65.80%
EPS Growth197.95%
CountryUS
Employees2,929
SectorConsumer Defensive
Sector Strength42
IndustryAgricultural Farm Products
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.06
Shares Outstanding47,376,587
10 Day Avg. Volume1,106,645
30 Day Avg. Volume984,621
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.01
Price to Book (P/B)1.83
Price to Sales (P/S)1.10
P/FCF Ratio4.38
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.89
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.92
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit2.74
Enterprise Value/Ebitda3.05
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$84.00Price Target Upside10.77% Upside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering3
EPS Forecast (FY)7.63
Revenue Forecast (FY)$2.98B
Cal-Maine Foods Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land'...
How the Company Makes Money
Cal-Maine primarily makes money by selling shell eggs and, to a lesser extent, egg products to customers such as grocery retailers, wholesalers, foodservice operators, and further processors. Revenue is largely driven by (1) the volume of eggs sol...
Cal-Maine Foods Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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The FlyCal-Maine Foods Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 01, 2026
(Q3-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 28, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call reflects a company navigating a cyclical trough in commodity egg prices with substantial short‑term financial deterioration (large YoY declines in sales, margins, operating income and EPS), but also strong strategic progress: meaningful shift into specialty and prepared foods, record specialty volumes, active M&A and capacity expansion, solid liquidity and disciplined capital allocation. Management frames near‑term margin pressure in prepared foods and spot price weakness as transitional and expects recovery as new capacity and pricing structures take effect over 2027–2028.Positive Updates
Strategic Mix Shift Toward Specialty and Prepared Foods
Specialty eggs accounted for 50.5% of shell egg sales in 2026Q3 vs 24.4% a year ago; prepared foods were 9.5% of net sales vs 0.8% prior year. Specialty + prepared foods combined were 52.9% of net sales vs 24.0% prior-year quarter (first three quarters combined: 45.7% vs 28.6%).
Negative Updates
Sharp Decline in Net Sales
Net sales for 2026Q3 were $667.0M vs $1.4B a year ago, down 53.0%, driven primarily by steep declines in conventional egg selling prices.
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Q3-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strategic Mix Shift Toward Specialty and Prepared Foods
Specialty eggs accounted for 50.5% of shell egg sales in 2026Q3 vs 24.4% a year ago; prepared foods were 9.5% of net sales vs 0.8% prior year. Specialty + prepared foods combined were 52.9% of net sales vs 24.0% prior-year quarter (first three quarters combined: 45.7% vs 28.6%).
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Company Guidance
The company guided that prepared foods is a near-term trough with a progressive recovery beginning in Q4 FY2026 and margins expected to trend back toward baseline through FY2027–FY2028 (management referenced a ~19% baseline at Echo Lake); prepared foods capacity is expected to increase by more than 30% over the next 18–24 months driven by Echo Lake’s ~17 million pounds of annual scrambled-egg capacity in FY2027, a high-speed pancake line adding ~12 million pounds in FY2027, and Kupini’s $7.0 million investment through FY2028 to add ~18 million pounds (collectively supporting the >30% capacity target); Q3 prepared foods sales were $63.6 million (up 441.2% YoY) and represented 9.5% of net sales (9.3% YTD), specialty eggs comprised 50.5% of shell egg sales in Q3 (42.7% YTD) and specialty + prepared foods made up 52.9% of net sales in Q3 (45.7% YTD), specialty pricing is expected to remain relatively stable (only ~12% tied to the CA market), produced-to-sold rose 3.1 percentage points to 91.5%, and the company reiterated capital priorities including returning capital (approx. $0.36/share variable dividend payable May 2026), $24.3 million of Q3 buybacks (329,830 shares) with ~$350.8 million remaining authorization, and a strong liquidity position with ~$1.152 billion cash and temporary investments.Cal-Maine Foods Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
78
Positive
Balance Sheet
93
Very Positive
Cash Flow
81
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | May 2025 | May 2024 | May 2023 | May 2022 | May 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 3.46B | 4.26B | 2.33B | 3.15B | 1.78B | 1.35B |
| Gross Profit | 1.17B | 1.85B | 541.57M | 1.20B | 337.06M | 160.66M |
| EBITDA | 1.05B | 1.70B | 440.76M | 1.07B | 234.81M | 49.74M |
| Net Income | 695.03M | 1.22B | 277.89M | 758.02M | 132.65M | 2.06M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 3.14B | 3.10B | 2.20B | 1.96B | 1.44B | 1.24B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 1.15B | 1.39B | 812.38M | 647.91M | 174.51M | 169.51M |
| Total Debt | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.44M | 2.38M |
| Total Liabilities | 432.13M | 536.47M | 401.89M | 354.14M | 332.96M | 229.31M |
| Stockholders Equity | 2.70B | 2.56B | 1.80B | 1.61B | 1.10B | 1.01B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 722.86M | 1.07B | 304.28M | 726.44M | 53.81M | -68.93M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 892.43M | 1.23B | 451.40M | 863.01M | 126.21M | 26.14M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -459.32M | -579.52M | -412.59M | -375.11M | -117.02M | -44.19M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -535.28M | -386.72M | -93.76M | -254.16M | -7.46M | -2.72M |
Cal-Maine Foods Technical Analysis
Negative
75.83
Price Trends
83.09
Negative
82.42
Negative
90.44
Negative
Market Momentum
-1.91
Positive
37.94
Neutral
9.60
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CALM, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 75.83 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 80.06, below the 50-day MA of 83.09, and below the 200-day MA of 90.44, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -1.91 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 37.94 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 9.60 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for CALM.
Cal-Maine Foods Risk Analysis
Cal-Maine Foods disclosed 38 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Cal-Maine Foods reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Cal-Maine Foods Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (62)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
78 Outperform | $3.59B | 20.41 | 26.11% | 10.53% | 65.80% | 197.95% | |
75 Outperform | $11.50B | 8.98 | 15.31% | 4.44% | ― | ― | |
72 Outperform | $2.03B | 18.92 | 4.53% | 3.34% | 1.11% | 414.23% | |
65 Neutral | $23.98B | 18.12 | 5.98% | 3.14% | 10.29% | 17.32% | |
64 Neutral | $581.91M | 21.87 | 20.69% | ― | 23.56% | 15.06% | |
62 Neutral | $20.33B | 14.63 | -3.31% | 3.23% | 1.93% | -12.26% | |
59 Neutral | $1.49B | 27.79 | 3.76% | 2.23% | 7.09% | -83.75% |
* Consumer Defensive Sector Average
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Cal-Maine Foods Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Cal-Maine Foods Strengthens Board With New Independent Director
Positive
Apr 1, 2026
On March 31, 2025, Cal-Maine Foods appointed Dudley D. Wooley as an independent Class III director to serve through the 2027 annual meeting, succeeding the late Jim Poole and joining the board’s Compensation, Audit, and Nominating and Corpor...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A Transactions
Cal-Maine Foods expands footprint with Creighton Brothers acquisition
Positive
Mar 3, 2026
On March 2, 2026, Cal-Maine Foods announced it had acquired the shell egg, egg products, and prepared foods assets of Creighton Brothers LLC, including Crystal Lake LLC, for about $128.5 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The trans...
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