Is Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Cal-Maine Foods's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 4.9, a forward P/E of about 36.0, a price-to-book of about 1.5 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Cal-Maine Foods's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 4 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.17×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Cal-Maine Foods's revenue?

Cal-Maine Foods reported revenue of $2.9B for FY2026, with net profit of $316.7M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Cal-Maine Foods (CALM)?

Cal-Maine Foods last traded at $87.32 (+0.1% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Cal-Maine Foods

CALM · NYSE · Consumer Staples · United States

$87.32+0.1%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:31 PM

Snapshot

TickerCALM

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Staples

IndustryFarm Products

CountryUnited States

Employees3,683

HeadquartersRidgeland, United States

Market cap$4.1B

P/E (TTM)4.9

P/B1.5

Volume1.88M

Websitewww.calmainefoods.com

Filings tracked7

About Cal-Maine Foods

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders10.1%
Institutions89.9%
Public & other0.0%

610 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.14.67%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.81%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP5.32%
American Century Companies Inc4.24%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.98%
Renaissance Technologies, LLC3.75%
State Street Corporation3.61%
River Road Asset Management, LLC3.49%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 13.2 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion1.17×

Over 4 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend24.1% → 10.9%

Margin has compressed by about 13.2 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev -3% · PAT -25%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $653.8M · EPS 0.58

Est. earnings growth -72.9%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.9B · EPS 4.45

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$71.9252-wk range$126.40

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$4.1B

Day change

+0.1%

P/E (TTM)

4.9

Fwd P/E

36.0

P/B

1.5

Div yield

5.50%

Beta

0.23

Revenue (FY2026)

$2.9B

Net margin

10.9%

ROE

12.0%

Revenue CAGR (3y)

-2.5%

Profit CAGR (3y)

-25.2%

EPS (FY2026)

6.63

Net profit (FY2026)

$316.7M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2026	$2.9B	$316.7M	6.63	10.9%	12.0%
FY2025	$4.3B	$1.2B	24.95	28.6%	47.6%
FY2024	$2.3B	$277.9M	5.69	11.9%	15.4%
FY2023	$3.1B	$758.0M	15.52	24.1%	47.1%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$667.0M	$50.5M	1.06	7.6%
2025Q4	$769.5M	$102.8M	2.13	13.4%
2025Q3	$922.6M	$199.3M	4.12	21.6%
2025Q1	$1.4B	$508.5M	10.38	35.9%
2024Q4	$954.7M	$219.1M	4.47	22.9%
2024Q3	$785.9M	$150.0M	3.06	19.1%
2024Q2	$640.8M	—	—	—
2024Q1	$703.1M	$146.7M	3.00	20.9%
2023Q4	$523.2M	$17.0M	0.35	3.3%
2023Q3	$459.3M	$926,000	0.02	0.2%
2023Q2	$688.7M	—	—	—
2023Q1	$997.5M	$323.2M	6.62	32.4%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/22/2026material
10-K — FORM 10K
SEC7/22/2026
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC6/30/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC6/23/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/1/2026material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q
SEC4/1/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/1/2026material

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