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In the latest session, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) closed at $100.74 down -0.86% from its previous closing price of $101.61. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded. CALM stock price reached its highest trading level at $102.595 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $100.71.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 4.33 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.22. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.26 and its Current Ratio is at 3.86. 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 this company, BMO Capital Markets on May 06, 2025, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $100.
Stephens Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on April 25, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $67 to $60.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 17 ’25 when BAKER ADOLPHUS B sold 1,147,350 shares for $90.60 per share. The transaction valued at 103,949,910 led to the insider holds 230,570 shares of the business.
BAKER ADOLPHUS B sold 140,266 shares of CALM for $12,708,100 on Apr 17 ’25. The Board Chair now owns 1,319,034 shares after completing the transaction at $90.60 per share. On Jan 14 ’25, another insider, Poole James E, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 909 shares for $109.97 each. As a result, the insider received 99,963 and left with 9,261 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 4885295616 and an Enterprise Value of 3651811584. As of this moment, Cal-Maine’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.61. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.07. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.961 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.736.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CALM is 0.18, which has changed by 0.595502 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CALM has reached a high of $116.41, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $62.59. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.63%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.36%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, CALM has traded an average of 898.52K shares per day and 787640 over the past ten days. A total of 44.25M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 44.10M. Insiders hold about 17.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 81.28% stake in the company. Shares short for CALM as of 1749772800 were 5553551 with a Short Ratio of 6.18, compared to 1747267200 on 5704210. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5553551 and a Short% of Float of 15.770000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CALM is 6.77, from 6.735 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.066282846The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.87. The current Payout Ratio is 32.96% for CALM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1745971200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-11-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
