Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. stockholders elected Max P. Bowman, Haley R. Fisackerly and Letitia C. Hughes as Class II directors on October 2, 202 6, approved executive compensation on an advisory basis, and ratified Frost, PLLC for fiscal year 2027.
CALM · Cal-Maine Foods Inc
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CalMain reported first-quarter net sales of $539.6 million, down 41.5%, amid oversupplied conventional eggs and continued investment in prepared foods, whose production capacity is expected to increase by more than 60 percent by the first half of fiscal 2028.
Cal-Maine Foods reported first-quarter net sales of $539,607 thousand and a net loss attributable to Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. of $58,615 thousand for the quarter ended August 29, 2026. No cash dividend will be paid for the quarter.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. reported net sales of $539,607 and a net loss of $(58,615) for the thirteen weeks ended August 29, 2026, compared with $922,602 in net sales and $199,340 in net income for August 30, 2025.
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Q1 FY27 earnings call · Sep 30, 2026TL;DR. Cal-Maine swung to a Q1 FY27 net loss of $58.6M (vs. $199.3M income) and an operating loss of $82.2M as conventional shell egg prices collapsed 59.3% amid oversupply, while it continued investing in prepared foods capacity (>60% expansion targeted by 1H FY28) and ended the quarter with $768M cash and virtually no debt.
- + Strong balance sheet with $768M cash and virtually no debt to invest through the cycle.
- + Specialty shell eggs and prepared foods rose to 54.1% of net sales, broadening the earnings mix.
- + Early supply indicators point to potential egg market rebalancing, including AEB flock estimate down ~4M and August hatch numbers down ~12% YoY.
- + Share repurchases continued, with $14.9M of buybacks after quarter end, signaling management's view that shares are undervalued.
- − Q1 swung to a net loss of $58.6M (vs. $199.3M income) and diluted loss per share of $1.26 (vs. $4.12 EPS).
- − Conventional shell egg segment posted a $71.0M loss with -35.2% margin on a 59.5% sales decline driven by a 59.3% drop in average selling price.
- − Prepared Foods pounds sold fell 19.3% on temporary capacity-expansion production reductions, and net sales declined 13% to $63.0M.
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Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividends paid | $231.6M | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $479.8M | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Purchases of investment securities | $648.9M | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | $151.2M | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Sales and maturities of investment securities | $745.2M | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Share repurchases | $131.1M | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Shares repurchased | 1,571,950 | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Walmart Inc. (including Sam's Club) percentage of net sales dollars | 30% | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
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$3.07B | -17.5% | -31.7% | — | 13.0% |
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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. stockholders elected Max P. Bowman, Haley R. Fisackerly and Letitia C. Hughes as Class II directors on October 2, 202 6, approved executive compensation on an advisory basis, and ratified Frost, PLLC for fiscal year 2027.
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| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALM | +5.8% | +1.3% | -14.6% | +3.3% | -17.5% |
| SPY | -4.7% | -5.3% | -0.8% | -3.0% | +7.5% |
| vs SPY | +10.5% | +6.6% | -13.8% | +6.3% | -25.0% |
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Dividends per share over the trailing 365 days by ex-date · buyback figures as last reported in SEC filings ("spent" derived as authorized − remaining; when several programs run concurrently, authorized is their combined total per the newest filing) · components shown separately — trailing-year buyback spend isn't tracked, so no combined shareholder yield is derived.