Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Defensive · Farm Products
Sell if holding. At $76.31, A.R:R is negative (-0.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart Inc. (including Sam's Club) (33.6%); Concentration risk — Commodity: feed costs.
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest US producer and distributor of shell eggs, with 48.3 million layers and an integrated flock of pullets and breeders as of May 2025. Shell egg sales represent approximately 94-95% of net sales; Walmart (including Sam's Club) accounted for 33.6% of... Read more
Sell if holding. At $76.31, A.R:R is negative (-0.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart Inc. (including Sam's Club) (33.6%); Concentration risk — Commodity: feed costs. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 53. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 82d clear, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerWalmart Inc. (including Sam's Club)34%10-K Item 1A: 'Our largest customer, Walmart Inc. (including Sam’s Club), accounted for 33.6%, 34.0% and 34.2% of net sales dollars for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.'
- MEDIUMCustomertop three customers49%10-K Item 1A: 'Our top three customers accounted for an aggregate of 49.2%, 49.0% and 50.1% of our net sales dollars for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.'
- HIGHCommodityfeed costs10-K Item 1A: 'Feed costs are the largest element of our shell egg (farm) production cost, ranging from 53% to 63% of total farm production cost in the last five fiscal years.'
- HIGHProductfresh shell eggs10-K Item 1A: 'The production and sale of fresh shell eggs, which accounted for 94.3% to 95.3% of our net sales in our last three fiscal years'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-01Item 5.02LOWDudley Wooley appointed as independent Class III director at Cal-Maine Foods, effective approximately March 31, 2026, to serve until the 2027 annual meeting. Compensation includes annual retainer and RSA grant vesting January 12, 2029.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -53.0% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. At $76.31, A.R:R is negative (-0.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart Inc. (including Sam's Club) (33.6%); Concentration risk — Commodity: feed costs. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 53. Prior stop was $72.41. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $82.74 (+8.5% upside). Prior stop was $72.41. Stop-loss: $72.41.
Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart Inc. (including Sam's Club) (33.6%); Concentration risk — Commodity: feed costs; Earnings expected to decline ~75% (cyclical peak).
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. trades at a P/E of 5.2 (forward 20.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
11 analysts cover CALM with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $88.
What does Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. do?Cal-Maine Foods is the largest US producer and distributor of shell eggs, with 48.3 million layers and an integrated...
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest US producer and distributor of shell eggs, with 48.3 million layers and an integrated flock of pullets and breeders as of May 2025. Shell egg sales represent approximately 94-95% of net sales; Walmart (including Sam's Club) accounted for 33.6% of net sales in fiscal 2025, making it the dominant single customer.