Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) closed the day trading at $58.55 down -0.51% from the previous closing price of $58.85. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.30 from its previous closing price. On the day, 595445 shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CALM, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 5.05 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.36. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.05 and its Current Ratio is at 6.92. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Stephens on April 25, 2023, Downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight and sets its target price to $60 from $67 previously.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Buy to Underperform on May 26, 2021, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $47 to $38.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 20 ’24 when HARDIN CHARLES JEFF sold 750 shares for $56.51 per share. The transaction valued at 42,382 led to the insider holds 3,999 shares of the business.
Poole James E sold 3,000 shares of CALM for $167,718 on Feb 14 ’24. The Director now owns 11,670 shares after completing the transaction at $55.91 per share. On Feb 02 ’24, another insider, HARDIN CHARLES JEFF, who serves as the Executive Vice President Sales of the company, sold 4,458 shares for $56.56 each. As a result, the insider received 252,165 and left with 17,830 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CALM now has a Market Capitalization of 2.87B and an Enterprise Value of 2.69B. As of this moment, Cal-Maine’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.33, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 27.06. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.76. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.01 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.97.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, CALM has reached a high of $62.58, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $42.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 57.56, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 50.88.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CALM traded about 604.69K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CALM traded about 595.7k shares per day. A total of 44.18M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 40.46M. Insiders hold about 17.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.98% stake in the company. Shares short for CALM as of Mar 15, 2024 were 3.78M with a Short Ratio of 6.25, compared to 3.59M on Feb 15, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7.72% and a Short% of Float of 12.59%.
Dividends & Splits
CALM’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.08, up from 3.08 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 5.24%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 5.26%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.87. The current Payout Ratio is 33.19% for CALM, which recently paid a dividend on Feb 15, 2024 with an ex-dividend date of Jan 30, 2024. Stock splits for the company last occurred on Nov 03, 2014 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 3 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $2.46 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $2.9 and a low estimate of $1.61, while EPS last year was $6.62. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.47, with high estimates of $1.98 and low estimates of $1.05.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.62 and $3.07 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.84. EPS for the following year is $2.16, with 3 analysts recommending between $2.48 and $1.96.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CALM’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.27B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.24B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.26B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.15B, down -28.30% from the average estimate. Based on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.95B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.96B and the low estimate is $1.95B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is down -13.40% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
