Cal-Maine Foods (CM2) Stock Price & Analysis
CM2 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 55.18 - EUR 56.86
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 53.28 - EUR 82.98
- Previous Close
- EUR 55.20
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 17
- Market Cap
- EUR 2.66B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 2.99B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 767.59M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 0
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 53.4
- Beta
- -0.24
- Next Earnings
- Mar 30, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- N/A
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 7.30%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Minimal Debt And Strong Liquidity
The virtually debt-free balance sheet and substantial liquidity provide resilience through egg-market cycles. This financial flexibility supports continued investment in Prepared Foods, preserves capacity for strategically aligned acquisitions, and reduces the risk that leverage constrains operations during weaker earnings periods.
Prepared Foods Capacity Expansion
A more than 60% capacity increase creates a durable pathway to diversify revenue beyond volatile shell-egg pricing. Existing Prepared Foods profitability, combined with planned pancake, scrambled-egg and Crepini capacity, could broaden earnings and improve fixed-cost absorption as projects commercialize.
Scale And Vertical Integration
Scale, vertical integration, established customer relationships and national distribution can strengthen execution across production, packaging and delivery. These capabilities support broad customer coverage, improve control over the value chain, and create a durable competitive position in a fragmented agricultural market.
Bears Say
Oversupplied Conventional Egg Market
Persistent oversupply places structural pressure on wholesale prices and can keep the company’s largest business below attractive profitability levels. Because management cannot predict when supply will rebalance, earnings may remain volatile while excess production continues to outpace market absorption.
Severe Earnings And Cash-flow Downturn
The sharp revenue decline, consolidated operating loss and negative operating cash flow show that current earnings power is materially weaker than in the prior-year period. Continued losses also suspend the variable dividend until cumulative profitability is restored, reducing near-term internally generated returns.
Input-cost And Pricing Volatility
Higher feed and delivery costs compress the spread between egg selling prices and production costs, while back-of-market pricing can delay the benefit of improving prices or prolong weakness when markets fall. This combination makes margins and cash generation difficult to forecast through the cycle.
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Company Description
Cal-Maine Foods
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., along with its various subsidiary companies, handles the full scope of shell egg operations, from production and sorting to packaging, promotion, and delivery. The firm also offers a selection of specialized shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, free-range, organic, and brown varieties. These premium products are marketed under prominent brand names like Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, and 4-Grain, in addition to being supplied for private labels. Its diverse clientele includes major national and regional supermarket chains, warehouse clubs, independent grocers, foodservice providers, and individual consumers of egg products. The company primarily focuses its sales efforts across the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. Founded in 1957, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is based in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Agricultural Farm Products
- CEO
- Sherman L. Miller
- Employees
- 4,836
- Website
- www.calmainefoods.com
- Address
- 1052 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, MS, 39157, US
Cal-Maine Foods (CM2) Earnings & Revenues
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CM2 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentNeutral
The call presented a difficult near-term operating environment, marked by an oversupplied conventional egg market, sharply lower revenue, a consolidated operating loss, higher feed and operating costs, negative operating cash flow and no current dividend. These challenges were balanced by healthy underlying egg demand, early indicators of potential supply reduction, strong liquidity, minimal debt, share repurchases and substantial Prepared Foods capacity expansion. Management remained constructive about the company's longer-term diversification and earnings-building strategy, but acknowledged that the timing of conventional market normalization and the full contribution from Prepared Foods remain uncertain.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| Technical Analysis | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Moving Averages | 5 | 0 | 7 |
