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) Net margin

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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 2.32%, down 8.6 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (10.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.91% (fiscal 2017) to 28.6% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Farm Products industry median of 0.32% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2026 10.9% (17.75)
FY2025 28.6% 16.69
FY2024 11.9% (12.15)
FY2023 24.1% 16.63
FY2022 7.46% 7.31
FY2021 0.15% (1.21)
FY2020 1.36% (2.62)
FY2019 3.98% (4.40)
FY2018 8.38% 15.29
FY2017 −6.91% (23.47)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 −10.9% (4.37)
May 2026 −6.49% (14.06)
Feb 2026 7.57% (5.78)
Nov 2025 13.4% (8.26)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −6.91% High 28.6%
Ten-year median 9.31%
Current reading's percentile 35

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
VFF Village Farms International, Inc. compare 9.85%
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. compare 3.00%
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 2.32%
DMC Del Monte Corporation compare 1.86%
BG Bunge Global SA compare 1.24%
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. compare 1.03%
DOLE Dole PLC compare 0.63%
AFRI Forafric Global PLC compare 0.00%
VITL Vital Farms, Inc. compare −3.03%
Farm Products industry median 0.32%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.92%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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