Cal-Maine Foods Inc (CALM)
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs, egg products, and prepared foods in the United Sates. It operates through Conventional Shell Eggs, Specialty Shell Eggs, and Prepared Foods segments. The company offers specialty shell eggs, including cage-free, organic, brown, free-range, and pasture-raised and nutritionally enhanced eggs, as well as conventional and co-pack shell eggs. It also provides prepared food products, such as pre-cooked egg patties, omelets, folded and scrambled egg formats, hard-cooked eggs, pancakes, waffles, and specialty wraps. The company offers its products under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, 4Grain, Van's, MeadowCreek Foods, and Crepini brand names. It sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
- Symbol
- CALM
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Farm Products
- Market cap
- $3.42B
- 52 week range
- 71.08 - 101.86
Valuation
- Share price
- $71.38 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.79x
- Price to book
- 1.29x
- Price to free cash flow
- 10.40x
- Enterprise value
- $3.31B
- Book value per share
- $55.42
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -1.59% |
| 5 days | -4.05% |
| 1 month | -13.79% |
| 3 months | -10.29% |
| 6 months | -7.38% |
| Year to date | -10.29% |
| 1 year | -26.30% |
| 3 years | +47.88% |
| 5 years | +95.29% |
| 10 years | +69.27% |
| All time | +4098.82% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 11.99%
- Return on invested capital
- 10.16%
- Return on assets
- 10.19%
- Return on capital employed
- 12.07%
- Gross margin
- 23.08%
- Net margin
- 10.88%
- EBITDA margin
- 16.30%
- Revenue growth
- -31.68%
- Net income growth
- -74.04%
- Free cash flow growth
- -69.11%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 9.61%
- Current ratio
- 7.70x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- -0.23x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2026-05-30
- Fiscal year
- 2026
- Revenue
- $2.91B
- Cost of revenue
- $2.24B
- Gross profit
- $672.05M
- EBITDA
- $474.53M
- Net income
- $316.68M
- Earnings per share
- $6.65
- Shares outstanding
- 47.65M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2026-05-30 | $2.91B | $672.05M | $316.68M | $6.65 |
| 2025-05-31 | $4.26B | $1.85B | $1.22B | $25.04 |
| 2024-06-01 | $2.33B | $541.57M | $277.89M | $5.70 |
| 2023-06-03 | $3.15B | $1.20B | $758.02M | $15.58 |
| 2022-05-28 | $1.78B | $337.06M | $132.65M | $2.73 |
| 2021-05-29 | $1.35B | $160.66M | $2.06M | $0.04 |
| 2020-05-30 | $1.35B | $179.59M | $18.39M | $0.38 |
| 2019-06-01 | $1.36B | $222.86M | $54.23M | $1.12 |
| 2018-06-02 | $1.50B | $361.05M | $125.93M | $2.60 |
| 2017-06-03 | $1.07B | $45.55M | $-74.28M | $-1.54 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2026-05-30 | 23.08% | 10.88% | 11.99% | 10.16% |
| 2025-05-31 | 43.43% | 28.63% | 47.55% | 55.73% |
| 2024-06-01 | 23.28% | 11.94% | 15.46% | 14.67% |
| 2023-06-03 | 38.03% | 24.09% | 47.09% | 55.13% |
| 2022-05-28 | 18.97% | 7.46% | 12.01% | 10.51% |
| 2021-05-29 | 11.91% | 0.15% | 0.20% | -1.49% |
| 2020-05-30 | 13.29% | 1.36% | 1.82% | 0.08% |
| 2019-06-01 | 16.37% | 3.98% | 5.48% | 4.46% |
| 2018-06-02 | 24.02% | 8.38% | 13.18% | 15.93% |
| 2017-06-03 | 4.24% | -6.91% | -8.80% | -13.48% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2026-05-30 | $107.22M | - |
| 2025-05-31 | $499.39M | - |
| 2024-06-01 | $237.88M | - |
| 2023-06-03 | $292.82M | - |
| 2022-05-28 | $59.08M | - |
| 2021-05-29 | $57.35M | - |
| 2020-05-30 | $232.29M | - |
| 2019-06-01 | $319.43M | $641.00K |
| 2018-06-02 | $331.02M | $2.55M |
| 2017-06-03 | $156.03M | $6.11M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2026-05-30 | $328.53M | $5.76M |
| 2025-05-31 | $1.06B | $4.53M |
| 2024-06-01 | $304.28M | $4.36M |
| 2023-06-03 | $726.44M | $4.21M |
| 2022-05-28 | $53.81M | $4.06M |
| 2021-05-29 | $-68.93M | $3.78M |
| 2020-05-30 | $-50.57M | $3.62M |
| 2019-06-01 | $47.10M | $3.62M |
| 2018-06-02 | $180.74M | $3.50M |
| 2017-06-03 | $-112.58M | $3.40M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-04-29
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $2.44
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-04-29 | $0.35 |
| 2026-01-28 | $0.72 |
| 2025-10-29 | $1.37 |
| 2025-08-04 | $2.35 |
| 2025-04-30 | $3.46 |
| 2025-01-29 | $1.49 |
| 2024-10-30 | $1.02 |
| 2024-08-05 | $0.77 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-09-30
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-07-22 | May/2026 | - |
| 2026-04-01 | - | - |
| 2026-01-07 | - | - |
| 2025-10-01 | - | - |
| 2025-07-22 | - | - |
| 2025-04-08 | - | - |
| 2025-01-07 | - | - |
| 2025-01-01 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- calmainefoods.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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