Cal-Maine Foods
CALM Nasdaq· Packaged Foods & Meats
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$62.37
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Cal-Maine Foods had $2.9B of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 31.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +16.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 12.0%, down 24.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 12 is left after running the business.
- Cal-Maine Foods made $317M of net profit in fiscal 2026.
- Free cash flow was $329M in fiscal 2026, 11.3% of revenue.
- Cal-Maine Foods returned $232M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 71% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.3%.
Market cap
$2.9B
P/E
51.1x
Revenue
$2.9B
Net income
$317M
Free cash flow
$329M
Operating margin
12.0%
Cal-Maine Foods in 30 seconds · fiscal 2026
Are sales growing?
−31.7%
No. Sales fell 31.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
10.9%
Yes. It keeps 10.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
11.3%
Yes. 11.3% of sales ends up as free cash.
How is the share priced?
51.1x
One share costs 51.1 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 24.2x.
What Cal-Maine Foods does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- May 30, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Jul 22, 2026
- Legal name
- CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
- CIK
- 0000016160
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.8B | $3.1B | $2.3B | $4.3B | $2.9B |
| Revenue growth | 31.7% | 77.0% | −26.1% | 83.2% | −31.7% |
| Gross margin | 19.0% | 38.0% | 23.3% | 43.4% | 23.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 30.8% | 13.4% | 36.1% | 12.0% |
| Net income | $133M | $758M | $278M | $1.2B | $317M |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 24.1% | 11.9% | 28.6% | 10.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.72 | $15.52 | $5.69 | $24.95 | $6.63 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $126M | $863M | $451M | $1.2B | $480M |
| Capital expenditure | $72.4M | $137M | $147M | $161M | $151M |
| Free cash flow | $53.8M | $726M | $304M | $1.1B | $329M |
| FCF margin | 3.0% | 23.1% | 13.1% | 25.0% | 11.3% |
| Dividends paid | $6.1M | $252M | $91.9M | $330M | $232M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | −2.3% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $175M | $648M | $812M | $1.4B | $924M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.1B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $2.6B | $2.6B |
| Current ratio | 3.6x | 6.2x | 5.5x | 6.4x | 7.7x |
| Interest coverage | 356.2x | 1,659.9x | 569.1x | 2,510.7x | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 55.8% | 16.3% | 56.0% | 12.2% |
| Altman Z'' | 8.9 | 14.0 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 12.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal-Maine Foods CALM | $2.9B | −31.7% | 12.0% | 11.3% | — | 51.1x | — |
| Del Monte DMC | $1.4B | 1.0% | 3.2% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 40.9x | 7 |
| Marzetti MZTI | $3.0B | 1.1% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 18.2% | — | 6 |
| Flowers Foods FLO | $1.3B | 3.0% | 3.3% | 6.1% | 4.6% | 23.0x | 5 |
| J&J Snack Foods JJSF | $1.6B | 0.5% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 7.3% | 31.9x | 4 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $62.37 a share, the company is worth $2.9B: 51.1 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Cal-Maine Foods grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 3 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000016160). Data updated October 20, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.