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) Return on invested capital

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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 0.65%, down 12.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (12.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.0% (fiscal 2017) to 81.8% (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 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 12.8% (69.06)
FY2025 81.8% 61.98
FY2024 19.8% (43.06)
FY2023 62.9% 53.24
FY2022 9.65% 11.60
FY2021 −1.95% (2.05)
FY2020 0.10% (4.15)
FY2019 4.25% (5.71)
FY2018 9.96% 21.95
FY2017 −12.0% (65.28)

Against its own ten years

Low −12.0% High 81.8%
Ten-year median 11.4%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
VFF Village Farms International, Inc. compare 8.16%
BG Bunge Global SA compare 4.95%
DOLE Dole PLC compare 4.77%
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. compare 3.50%
DMC Del Monte Corporation compare 3.21%
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. compare 3.09%
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 0.65%
AFRI Forafric Global PLC compare 0.00%
VITL Vital Farms, Inc. compare −5.71%
Farm Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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