← BackCAL-MAINE FOODS INC · Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal SpecialtiesCALM
Low riskNext report: Around Jan 6, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with shrinking sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Pays a 3.9% dividend yield
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Watch out for
- Revenue down 31.7% from the year before
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 2.6% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (243 bought, 217 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$62.34-0.4% that day
- Company value
- $2.9B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 51.1x
- You pay about $51 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 1.2x
- Company value is 1.2 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 3.9%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 4%
- Cash as a share of company value
From CALM's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26$539.6M-42% vs a year earlier
Dec '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $2.5B, down 43% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 17% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.13.4%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.10.9%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$328.5M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-2.2% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.23.1%
- Revenue
- $2.9B
- -31.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +16.6%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 8.02x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 29, 2026- Revenue
- $539.6M
- -41.5% YoY
- EPS
- -$1.26
- vs $4.12
- Op. margin
- -15.2%
- -42.2 pts
- Gross margin
- 0.1%
- -33.6 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$128.0M
- Share count
- -3.6%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.9
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+2.6%Institutions added 2.6% to their holdings. 243 bought, 217 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions44.7M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.7%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
47MWhy low risk- Revenue down 31.7% from the year before
Next reportAround Jan 6, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 30
- Results filedJul 22
- Results filedApr 1
- Results filedJan 7
- Results filedOct 1, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.