CM2 Stock Overview

Engages in the production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs and egg products. More details

CM2 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 21.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Risk Analysis

Earnings are forecast to decline by an average of 44.9% per year for the next 3 years

Unstable dividend track record

My Notes

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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Competitors

Südzucker

XTRA:SZU

€2.1b

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke

DB:SSH

€572.7m

FRoSTA

DB:NLM

€398.5m

KWS SAAT SE KGaA

XTRA:KWS

€1.9b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Cal-Maine Foods
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$99.64
52 Week High	US$106.80
52 Week Low	US$47.20
Beta	-0.11
1 Month Change	9.83%
3 Month Change	49.92%
1 Year Change	97.31%
3 Year Change	211.38%
5 Year Change	160.84%
Change since IPO	10,671.89%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CM2	DE Food	DE Market
7D	-6.7%	-3.6%	-2.0%
1Y	97.3%	-13.7%	6.9%

Return vs Industry: CM2 exceeded the German Food industry which returned -13.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CM2 exceeded the German Market which returned 6.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CM2's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CM2 volatility
CM2 Average Weekly Movement	5.8%
Food Industry Average Movement	3.7%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.3%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: CM2 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: CM2's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1957	2,998	Sherman Miller	www.calmainefoods.com

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs and egg products. The company offers specialty eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, and brown eggs, as well as conventional eggs under the Egg-Land’s Best, Land O’ Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4-Grain brand names. 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, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Cal-Maine Foods's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CM2 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€4.84b
Earnings (TTM)	€409.18m
Revenue (TTM)	€2.54b

11.8x

P/E Ratio

1.9x

P/S Ratio

Is CM2 overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CM2 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$2.65b
Cost of Revenue	US$1.91b
Gross Profit	US$743.36m
Other Expenses	US$316.42m
Earnings	US$426.94m

Last Reported Earnings

Aug 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	8.71
Gross Margin	28.02%
Net Profit Margin	16.09%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did CM2 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.8%

Current Dividend Yield

33%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 09:27
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/08/31
Annual Earnings	2024/06/01

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is covered by 11 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Peter Galbo	BofA Global Research
Craig Bibb	CJS Securities, Inc.
Alex Jarombek	Consumer Edge Research, LLC

CM2 Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Competitors

XTRA:SZU

€2.1b

DB:SSH

€572.7m

DB:NLM

€398.5m

XTRA:KWS

€1.9b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Upcoming dividend of US$1.02 per share

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

First quarter dividend of US$1.02 announced

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$3.06 (vs US$0.019 in 1Q 2024)

Cal-Maine Foods Announces Cash Dividend for Common Stock and Class A Common Stock, Payable on November 14, 2024

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Oct 01, 2024

Recent updates

Upcoming dividend of US$1.02 per share

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

First quarter dividend of US$1.02 announced

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$3.06 (vs US$0.019 in 1Q 2024)

Cal-Maine Foods Announces Cash Dividend for Common Stock and Class A Common Stock, Payable on November 14, 2024

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Oct 01, 2024

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Oct 04, 2024

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.77 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$5.67 (vs US$15.58 in FY 2023)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend for the Fiscal Year 2024, Payable on August 20, 2024

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Jul 23, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$1.00 per share

Third quarter dividend of US$1.00 announced

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$3.01 (vs US$6.64 in 3Q 2023)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Dividend for the Fiscal Year 2024, Payable on May 16, 2024

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Apr 02, 2024

Insufficient new directors

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jan 03, 2024

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Temporarily Ceases Production at its Facility in Kansas

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CALM) acquired Substantially all the assets of Fassio Egg Farms, Inc.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Dividend for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2024, Payable on November 16, 2023

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.019 (vs US$2.58 in 1Q 2023)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Oct 03, 2023

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Oct 06, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$15.58 (vs US$2.73 in FY 2022)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2023, Payable on August 22, 2023

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jul 25, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$2.20 per share at 16% yield

Senior Vice President of Sales recently sold €66k worth of stock

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$6.64 (vs US$0.81 in 3Q 2022)

Independent Director recently sold €59k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$1.35 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Cal-Maine Foods Announces Cash Dividend for Second Quarter Fiscal 2023, Payable on February 9, 2023

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Dec 28, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Independent Director recently sold €304k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.85 per share

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.58 (vs US$0.37 loss in 1Q 2022)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces CEO Changes

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Dividend for First Quarter of 2023 to Holders of Its Common and Class A Common Stock, Payable on November 10, 2022

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Sep 27, 2022

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Sep 30, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$2.73 (vs US$0.042 in FY 2021)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend to Holders of Its Common and Class A Common Stock, Payable on August 16, 2022

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Jul 19, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share

Senior Vice President of Sales recently sold €197k worth of stock

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.81 (vs US$0.28 in 3Q 2021)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Declares Dividend for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2022, Payable on May 12, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues in line with analyst expectations

Insufficient new directors

First quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.37 loss per share (vs US$0.40 loss in 1Q 2021)

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.042 (vs US$0.38 in FY 2020)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(NasdaqGS:CALM) dropped from Russell 2500 Growth Index

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CALM) completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% membership interest in Red River Valley Egg Farm, LLC from Rose Acre Farms, Inc.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CALM) signed a definitive agreement to purchase the remaining 50% membership interest in Red River Valley Egg Farm, LLC from Rose Acre Farms, Inc for $48.5 million.