Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

NasdaqGS:CALM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.4b

Cal-Maine Foods Valuation

Is CALM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CALM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CALM ($93.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($129.81)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CALM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CALM?

Key metric: As CALM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CALM. This is calculated by dividing CALM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CALM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.8x
EarningsUS$426.94m
Market CapUS$4.43b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CALM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CALM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.7x
TWNK Hostess Brands
35x14.4%US$4.4b
FLO Flowers Foods
19.2x6.5%US$4.5b
POST Post Holdings
17.3x8.8%US$6.2b
LANC Lancaster Colony
31.2x9.9%US$5.0b
CALM Cal-Maine Foods
10.8x-44.9%US$4.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CALM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the peer average (22.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CALM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GCEH Global Clean Energy Holdings
2.1xn/aUS$45.02m
SEED Origin Agritech
1.8xn/aUS$14.54m
FAMI Farmmi
1.8xn/aUS$2.81m
IDBH.F Industrias Bachoco. de
0.0002xn/aUS$59.94k
CALM 10.8xIndustry Avg. 19.2xNo. of Companies8PE01020304050+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CALM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the US Food industry average (18.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CALM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CALM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.8x
Fair PE Ratio7.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CALM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CALM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$93.97
US$78.00
-17.0%
5.1%US$82.00US$74.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$87.11
US$78.00
-10.5%
5.1%US$82.00US$74.00n/a2
Sep ’25US$72.04
US$59.00
-18.1%
10.2%US$65.00US$53.00n/a2
Aug ’25US$72.15
US$59.00
-18.2%
10.2%US$65.00US$53.00n/a2
Jul ’25US$62.78
US$53.50
-14.8%
12.1%US$60.00US$47.00n/a2
Jun ’25US$61.67
US$57.33
-7.0%
13.2%US$65.00US$47.00n/a3
May ’25US$55.25
US$57.33
+3.8%
13.2%US$65.00US$47.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$58.55
US$57.33
-2.1%
13.2%US$65.00US$47.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$55.80
US$52.33
-6.2%
14.5%US$60.00US$42.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$56.10
US$52.33
-6.7%
14.5%US$60.00US$42.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$57.39
US$50.00
-12.9%
16.3%US$60.00US$40.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$49.26
US$46.00
-6.6%
13.4%US$54.00US$39.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$47.82
US$46.00
-3.8%
13.4%US$54.00US$39.00US$87.113
Oct ’24US$48.42
US$47.00
-2.9%
12.2%US$54.00US$40.00US$76.843
Sep ’24US$47.70
US$47.00
-1.5%
12.2%US$54.00US$40.00US$72.043
Aug ’24US$45.66
US$47.00
+2.9%
10.5%US$54.00US$40.00US$72.154
Jul ’24US$45.00
US$48.50
+7.8%
8.3%US$54.00US$43.00US$62.784
Jun ’24US$47.05
US$54.50
+15.8%
12.7%US$60.00US$43.00US$61.674
May ’24US$46.78
US$54.50
+16.5%
12.7%US$60.00US$43.00US$55.254
Apr ’24US$60.89
US$56.25
-7.6%
15.6%US$67.00US$43.00US$58.554
Mar ’24US$57.04
US$55.50
-2.7%
17.9%US$67.00US$40.00US$55.804
Feb ’24US$57.17
US$55.50
-2.9%
17.9%US$67.00US$40.00US$56.104
Jan ’24US$54.45
US$55.50
+1.9%
17.9%US$67.00US$40.00US$57.394
Dec ’23US$58.13
US$54.50
-6.2%
21.1%US$67.00US$36.00US$49.264
Nov ’23US$57.26
US$54.50
-4.8%
21.1%US$67.00US$36.00US$47.824

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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