Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

CALM Consumer Defensive Farm Products

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $2.9 billion, down 31.7% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−41.5%
EPS
−130.5%
Free cash flow
−154.8%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

65.67 2.40 −3.53%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
55.2×
Fwd P/E
−22.1×
Dividend yield
1.64%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
7.66
Beneish M
−1.61
Dividend safety
42/100

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) Free cash flow margin

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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was −1.28%, down 12.6 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.5% (fiscal 2017) to 25.0% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is below the Farm Products industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 11.3% (13.75)
FY2025 25.0% 11.95
FY2024 13.1% (10.02)
FY2023 23.1% 20.04
FY2022 3.07% 7.93
FY2021 −4.86% (1.36)
FY2020 −3.50% (7.08)
FY2019 3.58% (8.51)
FY2018 12.1% 22.56
FY2017 −10.5% (26.98)

Against its own ten years

Low −10.5% High 25.0%
Ten-year median 9.31%
Current reading's percentile 58

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. compare 3.64%
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. compare 2.16%
DOLE Dole PLC compare 0.99%
AFRI Forafric Global PLC compare 0.00%
VFF Village Farms International, Inc. compare −0.19%
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. −1.28%
BG Bunge Global SA compare −3.83%
DMC Del Monte Corporation compare −6.94%
VITL Vital Farms, Inc. compare −18.4%
Farm Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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