CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Farm Products
82.21
-0.42%
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. (CALM) operates in the Farm Products industry within the Consumer Defensive sector. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 5.48%. This yield sits near the lower end of its five-year range, which spans from a low of 4.95% to a high of 8.31%, with a 5-year average of 6.77%. Based on yield theory, the stock's current valuation status is "fair". However, the dividend safety is currently rated "at_risk".
Dividend history
Cal-Maine Foods has a dividend increase streak of 1 year. Its 3-year dividend compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is 36.89%. The 5-year CAGR figure is not available. The company pays dividends quarterly, typically in January, April, August, and October. Annual dividend payments have varied significantly over time. Recent payments include $2.996 per share in 2022, $4.212 per share in 2023, and $3.534 per share in 2024, with a projected $7.686 for 2025. Earlier payments were $0.314 in 2011, $2.384 in 2016, and $0.842 in 2019, showing an inconsistent payout pattern prior to the current streak.
Dividend safety
Cal-Maine Foods' dividend appears "at_risk" according to its safety status. The payout ratio stands at 33.4% of earnings per share (EPS $14.37), which suggests sufficient coverage from current earnings.
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