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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
September 30, 2026 · pre-market
- Rarity
- 2.18
- Peak move
- −9.16%
- Float cap
- $2.9B
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest egg company in the United States and a leading egg-based food producer. It sells conventional and specialty shell eggs, including cage-free, organic, brown, pasture-raised, and free-range products, plus prepared foods such as egg patties, omelets, pancakes, waffles, and wraps. Its retail and foodservice customers are located nationwide.
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7 events · 1 from SEC or newswire · 1 timed with the move- Key eventTimed with the move
earnings_releaseCal-Maine Foods reported Q1 fiscal 2027 results for the quarter ended August 29, 2026, with net sales of $539.6 million (down 41.5% from $922.6 million), a net loss of $58.6 million or $1.26 per diluted share, versus net income of $199.3 million ($4.12) a year earlier.
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dividend_changeUnder its variable dividend policy, Cal-Maine Foods said it will not pay a cash dividend for the first quarter of fiscal 2027, with a cumulative loss of $94.5 million to be recovered before any future dividend is paid.
buybackCal-Maine Foods repurchased 66,601 shares for $5.0 million in Q1 FY2027 under its $500 million authorization, leaving $315.7 million available, and bought a further 204,888 shares for $14.9 million after quarter-end.
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analyst_ratingBMO Capital analyst Benjamin Mayhew cut his Cal-Maine Foods price target to $75 from $83 in a September 24 note, citing accelerating production costs and a mid-quarter egg price spike that proved temporary.
commodity_eventFarmgate prices for US shell eggs fell to roughly a third of production costs amid oversupply, with the USDA-reported average Midwestern large white shell egg price at 25 cents per dozen in the week of May 8 versus an estimated 79 cents per dozen cost of production, and breaker egg prices at 8.73 cents per dozen, down 96% year on year.
commodity_eventEgg Industry Center data at the Georgia Layer Conference on September 28, 2026 showed the January-August 2026 average Midwest warehouse price for large eggs at about 81 cents per dozen, 38% below the 20-year inflation-adjusted average of $1.31, with breaking stock at 16 cents per dozen, the lowest nominal price in 20 years.
analyst_ratingStoneX analyst Ben Klieve downgraded Cal-Maine Foods to Hold from Buy and removed the firm's price target, citing durably rising feed costs shifting the company's earnings trough to the right.