CALM CA

CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Farm Products

6 · Fair Momentum 0.0 · Weak At risk

63.65

+0.09%

About the company

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. The company offers specialty shell eggs, including cage-free, organic, brown, free-range, and pasture-raised and nutritionally enhanced eggs, as well as conventional eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4-Grain brand names. It also provides ready-to-eat products, such as hard-cooked eggs, egg wraps, protein pancakes, crepes and wrap-ups; and sells feed, miscellaneous byproducts, and resale products. The company sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, as well as Puerto Rico. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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199.19%
2.45
3.0B
51.75
1.23
79.15

52-week range

63.6
low 61.9 high 95.6
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM), operating in the Farm Products sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 7.12%. According to yield theory, this positions its valuation as 'fair', within its 5-year historical yield band of 4.95% to 8.31%, and near its 5-year average of 6.77%. The company has an overall rating score of 9.0. However, its momentum score is 0.0 and value score is 5.0. One valuation model estimates a fair value of $9.07, substantially below the current price of $67.43.

Dividend history

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has a dividend increase streak of 1 year, reflecting an inconsistent history of annual increases. The 3-year dividend CAGR is 36.89%, while a 5-year CAGR is not available in the data. Annual dividends per share have fluctuated considerably: $0.314 in 2011, $0.689 in 2012, $0.398 in 2013, $0.815 in 2014, $1.334 in 2015, $2.384 in 2016, $0.872 in 2018, $0.842 in 2019, $2.996 in 2022, $4.212 in 2023, $3.534 in 2024, and $7.686 projected for 2025. There are notable gaps in dividend payments in several years.

Dividend safety

The dividend safety status for Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is categorized as 'at_risk'. The company's payout ratio is 72.4% based on its earnings per share of $6.63.

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Price history

116 75.3 34.9 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 38.6 2020-09 · 38.4 2020-10 · 38.4 2020-11 · 39.1 2020-12 · 37.5 2021-01 · 38.3 2021-02 · 38.1 2021-03 · 38.4 2021-04 · 37.4 2021-05 · 34.9 2021-06 · 36.2 2021-07 · 34.9 2021-08 · 36.2 2021-09 · 36.2 2021-10 · 36.1 2021-11 · 36.1 2021-12 · 37.0 2022-01 · 39.0 2022-02 · 44.3 2022-03 · 55.2 2022-04 · 53.7 2022-05 · 47.7 2022-06 · 49.4 2022-07 · 51.1 2022-08 · 53.6 2022-09 · 55.6 2022-10 · 56.5 2022-11 · 58.3 2022-12 · 54.5 2023-01 · 57.2 2023-02 · 56.8 2023-03 · 60.9 2023-04 · 47.5 2023-05 · 47.5 2023-06 · 45.0 2023-07 · 46.2 2023-08 · 47.8 2023-09 · 48.4 2023-10 · 45.3 2023-11 · 47.9 2023-12 · 57.4 2024-01 · 55.4 2024-02 · 57.5 2024-03 · 58.9 2024-04 · 55.3 2024-05 · 61.7 2024-06 · 61.1 2024-07 · 71.6 2024-08 · 72.0 2024-09 · 74.8 2024-10 · 87.8 2024-11 · 97.6 2024-12 · 103 2025-01 · 108 2025-02 · 90.4 2025-03 · 90.9 2025-04 · 93.4 2025-05 · 95.9 2025-06 · 99.6 2025-07 · 111 2025-08 · 116 2025-09 · 94.1 2025-10 · 87.8 2025-11 · 83.3 2025-12 · 79.6 2026-01 · 83.5 2026-02 · 87.1 2026-03 · 79.2 2026-04 · 77.3 2026-05 · 74.7 2026-06 · 80.6 2026-07 · 88.3
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
-28.7%
CAGR 3y
+36.9%
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1 year

(5-year)

Now 3.9%
5.0% avg 6.8% 8.3%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +36.9% 1y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

8.21
6.51
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
0.0 USD
Total cash
1.2B USD
970.8M USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 1 investor

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