CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Farm Products
79.66
-0.69%
About the company
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs, egg products, and prepared foods. The company offers specialty shell eggs, including cage-free, organic, brown, free-range, and pasture-raised and nutritionally enhanced 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 also provides ready-to-eat products, such as hard-cooked eggs, egg wraps, protein pancakes, crepes and wrap-ups; and sells feed, miscellaneous byproducts, and resale products. The company 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, as well as Puerto Rico. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
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Dividend deep dive
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., operating in the Farm Products sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 5.8%. This yield falls within its five-year historical band, which ranges from a low of 4.95% to a high of 8.31%, with an average of 6.77%, placing it in a "fair" valuation zone by Yield Theory. The company holds an overall rating score of 8.0. Its price momentum is assessed at 3.0, while its value score is 5.0.
Dividend history
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has a dividend increase streak of 1 year. The 3-year dividend Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) stands at 36.89%. A 5-year CAGR figure is not provided. The company's annual dividends per share have varied: $0.314 in 2011, $0.689 in 2012, $0.398 in 2013, $0.815 in 2014, $1.334 in 2015, $2.384 in 2016, $0.872 in 2018, $0.842 in 2019, $2.996 in 2022, $4.212 in 2023, $3.534 in 2024, and $7.686 in 2025. There are no dividend figures provided for 2017, 2020, or 2021.
Dividend safety
The dividend safety status for Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is currently deemed "at_risk". The company's payout ratio is 72.4% of its earnings. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. reports $0.0 in total debt, and the debt-to-equity ratio is not provided.
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