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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs.
The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, and 4-Grain brand names, as well as under private labels. It sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
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Cal-Maine Foods is positioned as a buy despite weak results from low egg prices, with specialty eggs and prepared foods stabilizing revenue. CALM's recent $128.5M Creighton Brothers acquisition and ongoing buybacks are not fully priced in, enhancing forward value. The company's variable dividend policy and strong balance sheet (no long-term debt, $1.15B cash) support capital flexibility and shareholder returns.
Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 79,570 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $6,244,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC
Eldred Rock Partners LLC cut its holdings in Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) by 11.1% during the undefined quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 119,344 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 14,897 shares during the quarter. Cal-Maine Foods
Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ: CALM) reported sharply lower earnings for its fiscal third quarter of 2026 as egg prices eased from elevated year-ago levels, while management emphasized progress in shifting the business toward specialty eggs, structured pricing, and prepared foods. Leadership update and strategic focus President and CEO Sherman Miller opened the call by noting the recent
Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG), Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ: CALM), and Lamb Weston (NYSE: LW) all reported Q3 FY2026 earnings on April 1, 2026, and Wall Street's verdict is split: Cal-Maine is the relative bright spot, Lamb Weston faces genuine skepticism despite a headline beat, and Conagra sits under direct analyst pressure with a price target below current trading levels.
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) remains a Buy, supported by a strong balance sheet, strong cash flow, and their strategic pivot toward higher-margin, predictable income streams. CALM's specialty eggs and prepared foods comprised over 52% of net sales, with recent acquisitions accelerating this margin-reinforcing shift. The company's robust financials—zero debt, ample cash, and disciplined M&A—enable both opportunistic growth and substantial shareholder returns.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Cal-Maine's stock jumped after a big earnings beat, despite a 70% drop in the price of conventional white eggs.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. remains a classic trading vehicle as the egg pricing cycle cools, with normalized margins now in focus. Fiscal Q3 2026 saw CALM's net sales drop 53% year-over-year, driven by a 72% collapse in conventional egg revenue, despite a bottom-line beat. Specialty eggs and prepared foods now comprise over half of net sales, providing some margin stability amid conventional price deflation; the diversification will limit egg price collapse damage.
Falling egg prices hurt the egg producer's top and bottom lines in the third quarter.
Cal-Maine Foods logged lower profit and sales in its fiscal third quarter, hurt by materially lower egg prices compared with historic levels seen in the prior year.
Cal-Maine names Dudley Wooley to its Board, adding risk, strategy, and capital allocation expertise to support long-term growth and earnings stability.
RIDGELAND, Miss., April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) (“Cal-Maine Foods,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “company”), the largest egg company in the United States and a leading player in the egg-based food industry, today reported results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter, ended February 28, 2026. Unless otherwise indicated, all comparisons are to the comparable period of fiscal 2025.
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its holdings in shares of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) by 46.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 38,853 shares of the basic materials company's stock after acquiring an additional 12,248 shares during the quarter. Assenagon Asset Management
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