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Cal-Maine Foods

CALM
42
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$82.80
+0.37 (+0.45%)
Market Cap
$3.88B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through May 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

2.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 48.7M (2022) → 47.8M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and seller of fresh shell eggs in the United States. It sells eggs under brand names like Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, and its own Farmhouse Eggs label, as well as store-brand eggs, to grocery stores, club stores, and food service companies across the country. The company does not process eggs into other products — it focuses entirely on fresh shell eggs.

Cal-Maine makes money by selling eggs directly to retailers and distributors, so its revenue rises and falls with egg prices, which can swing sharply based on supply and demand. It operates dozens of production facilities spread across the southern and central United States, giving it a large distribution network that smaller competitors struggle to match. The biggest risk the company faces is the ongoing threat of avian influenza outbreaks, which can rapidly reduce its flock size, disrupt supply, and create unpredictable swings in both costs and profits.

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Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
6.2%
Thin — 6.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-11.0%
Losing money on operations — -11.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
14.1%
Good — 14.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-31.7%
Shrinking sales (-31.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-73.7%
Earnings shrinking (-73.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
153%
Turns 153% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
11.4%
Modest free cash flow (11.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
929.11x
Comfortably covers interest (929.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
12.6x
Attractive valuation — P/E 12.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-40.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
5.66%
Healthy income — 5.66% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-29.0%
Dividend cut (-29.0% YoY) — warning sign

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