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

64.07 1.60 −2.44%
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) Operating margin

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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 0.74%, down 11.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (12.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.5% (fiscal 2017) to 36.1% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Farm Products industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 12.0% (24.02)
FY2025 36.1% 22.62
FY2024 13.4% (17.33)
FY2023 30.8% 22.68
FY2022 8.08% 10.03
FY2021 −1.95% (2.04)
FY2020 0.09% (3.27)
FY2019 3.36% (3.33)
FY2018 6.69% 19.17
FY2017 −12.5% (37.20)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 −15.2% (4.59)
May 2026 −10.6% (16.03)
Feb 2026 5.39% (10.71)
Nov 2025 16.1% (10.91)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −12.5% High 36.1%
Ten-year median 10.1%
Current reading's percentile 35

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
VFF Village Farms International, Inc. compare 16.1%
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. compare 12.1%
DMC Del Monte Corporation compare 2.94%
BG Bunge Global SA compare 2.88%
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. compare 2.26%
DOLE Dole PLC compare 1.70%
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 0.74%
AFRI Forafric Global PLC compare 0.00%
VITL Vital Farms, Inc. compare −3.84%
Farm Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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