profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Cal-Maine Foods
$64.18-3.79% today
-29.4% in 1 year
1-year low $60.611-year high $93.50
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $2.46 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Cal-Maine Foods sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.78 billion in 2022 to $4.26 billion in 2025, with $1.22 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Cal-Maine Foods handed back 36% of the cash it generated last year.
$330M
Free cash flow 2025$1.1B
Bought back its own shares$54M
Paid as dividends$330M
Cal-Maine Foods vs. similar companies
Cal-Maine Foods grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cal-Maine Foods | 2.5× · Cheap | ||
 Tyson Foods | 44.0× · Expensive | ||
 Bunge Global | 23.5× · Fair price | ||
 Smithfield Foods | 7.6× · Cheap | ||
 Fresh Del Monte Produce | 15.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Cal-Maine Foods's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,777 | 3,146 | 2,326 | 4,262 | |
| 337 | 1,196 | 542 | 1,851 | |
| 138 | 964 | 309 | 1,536 | |
| 235 | 1,071 | 441 | 1,698 | |
| 133 | 758 | 278 | 1,220 | |
| 2.72 | 15.52 | 5.69 | 24.95 | |
| 19.0% | 38.0% | 23.3% | 43.4% | |
| 7.8% | 30.6% | 13.3% | 36.1% | |
| 7.5% | 24.1% | 11.9% | 28.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,427 | 1,955 | 2,185 | 3,085 |
| Cash | 59 | 293 | 238 | 499 |
| Total debt | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 323 | 345 | 388 | 519 |
| 1,105 | 1,611 | 1,800 | 2,561 | |
| 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | |
| 11.9% | 49.0% | 15.8% | 49.5% | |
| 12.0% | 47.1% | 15.4% | 47.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 863 | 451 | 1,225 | |
| 72 | 137 | 147 | 161 | |
| 54 | 726 | 304 | 1,063 | |
| Dividends paid | 6 | 252 | 92 | 330 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 54 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Valuation
- 2.5×
- 8.2×
- 0.02
- 1.3×
- 0.7×
- 2.9×
- 1.5×
- 34.3%
- 39.3%
- 6.4%
Profitability
- 43.4%
- 36.1%
- 28.6%
- 30.3%
- 22.7%
- 24.5%
- 26.1%
- 22.1%
- 29.7%
- –
Growth
- +33.9%
- +109.3%
- +250.8%
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- -0.4×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- 1,716.4×
- 8.21
- 6.58
- 1.10
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 10%of 669
Top 3%of 672
Top 1%of 623
Top 4%of 671
Top 1%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $85.00
- Range
- $85.00 – $85.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 1.06 | 0.70 | +52.3% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 2.13 | 1.95 | +9.2% |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 4.12 | 5.01 | −17.8% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 7.04 | 3.70 | +90.3% |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 10.38 | 10.56 | −1.7% |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 4.47 | 3.68 | +21.5% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 3.06 | 2.33 | +31.3% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 2.32 | 1.85 | +25.4% |
6.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$64a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.90 in 2015 → $8.72 in 2025
How safe it looks
27.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 31.1%
News
Moderna, Cerebras, Jabil, HPE, Cal-Maine, Mattel, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s MarketYahoo Finance · Sep 30, 2026Why Cal-Maine Foods Stock Dipped on WednesdayYahoo Finance · Sep 30, 2026Cal-Maine expects Prepared Foods capacity to rise more than 60% by first half of fiscal 2028 while conventional egg market remains oversuppliedSeeking Alpha · Sep 30, 2026Why investors aren’t buying yet another attempt by the Treasury Department to calm the rattled bond marketMarketWatch · Sep 25, 2026Stocks face a growing list of threats — so why are investors staying so calm?MarketWatch · Sep 19, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 30, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
7/7Passes 7 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
90Pass
Benjamin Graham
100Pass
Philip Fisher
98Pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
84Pass
Charlie Munger
94Pass
Terry Smith
87Pass
Questions about Cal-Maine Foods
Is Cal-Maine Foods a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 7 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Cal-Maine Foods AI analysis
What does Cal-Maine Foods do?
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. It is in Agricultural Farm Products, based in Ridgeland, MS, United States, with 3,683 employees.
Does Cal-Maine Foods pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.4% a year, about 27% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $330 million in dividends.
Is Cal-Maine Foods stock halal?
No. Cal-Maine Foods does not pass our halal screen: its cash and confirmed interest-bearing investments are 46% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Cal-Maine Foods stock done over the past year?
Down 29.4% over the past twelve months, to $64.18. It traded between $60.61 and $93.50 and is 31.4% below its high.
Who are Cal-Maine Foods's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Tyson Foods, Bunge Global, Smithfield Foods and Fresh Del Monte Produce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Cal-Maine Foods's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.