Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. $CALM Shares Sold by Archford Capital Strategies LLC

Archford Capital Strategies LLC lowered its position in Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALM) by 94.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 2,818 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 47,780 shares during the period. Archford Capital Strategies LLC’s holdings in Cal-Maine Foods were worth $224,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sound Income Strategies LLC purchased a new position in Cal-Maine Foods in the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in shares of Cal-Maine Foods by 58.2% in the third quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 378 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI acquired a new stake in shares of Cal-Maine Foods in the third quarter worth approximately $42,000. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cal-Maine Foods during the third quarter worth approximately $47,000. Finally, Quarry LP increased its position in shares of Cal-Maine Foods by 146.6% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 587 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 349 shares in the last quarter. 84.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting Cal-Maine Foods

Here are the key news stories impacting Cal-Maine Foods this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 EPS beat expectations and margins were strong — Cal‑Maine reported $1.06 adjusted EPS vs. $0.89 consensus and delivered a healthy net margin and ROE, which traders rewarded as a sign that the company can protect profitability despite a weak pricing environment. MarketBeat Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Diversification into specialty eggs and prepared foods limited the revenue and profit hit — management said specialty and value‑added channels helped offset some pain from falling conventional egg prices, supporting margins and the narrative that the business is less exposed to commodity swings than in 2025. Seeking Alpha Analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Board addition and governance update — the company added Dudley D. Wooley to the board, a move framed as strengthening capital‑allocation and risk oversight, which may reduce governance risk but has no immediate earnings impact. GlobeNewswire Release
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional buying noted — a fund (Assenagon) increased its stake in the quarter, signaling some investor confidence but not a broad ownership change. DefenseWorld Report
• Negative Sentiment: Sharp drop in conventional egg prices — headlines point to roughly a 70% tumble in conventional white‑egg prices vs. the prior year, which drove a ~53% year‑over‑year decline in Q3 revenue and explains the big swing from last year’s earnings base. That pricing collapse is the primary reason sales and reported volumes look weak. MarketWatch Report
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue still fell materially year over year despite the beat — investors should note the company compares to an outsized prior‑year EPS and that earnings volatility remains high while commodity pricing normalizes. WSJ Coverage

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on CALM shares. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of Cal-Maine Foods from $85.00 to $80.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Cal-Maine Foods in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Cal-Maine Foods in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Finally, Stephens boosted their price objective on Cal-Maine Foods from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $93.00.

Cal-Maine Foods Price Performance

CALM stock opened at $83.36 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $83.65 and its two-hundred day moving average is $86.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.32. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has a 1 year low of $71.92 and a 1 year high of $126.40.

Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 1st. The basic materials company reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $666.95 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $655.82 million. Cal-Maine Foods had a net margin of 27.37% and a return on equity of 44.55%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 53.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $10.39 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. will post 15.59 EPS for the current year.

Cal-Maine Foods Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 28th were issued a $0.72 dividend. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, January 28th. Cal-Maine Foods’s payout ratio is presently 12.21%.

Cal-Maine Foods Company Profile

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4Grain brand names. It 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, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.