Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) is -15.29% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $55.00 and a high of $116.41 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CALM stock was last observed hovering at around $82.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.53%.
Currently trading at $87.18, the stock is -7.41% and -14.66% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.06 million and changing 5.48% at the moment leaves the stock 4.81% off its SMA200. CALM registered 53.35% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 26.46%.
The stock witnessed a -18.36% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.62%, and is -3.55% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.13% over the week and 5.07% over the month.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) has around 3067 employees, a market worth around $4.28B and $3.08B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 6.78 and Fwd P/E is 17.08. Profit margin for the company is 20.39%. Distance from 52-week low is 58.51% and -25.11% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (30.75%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 231.17% this year.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 44.23M, and float is at 41.27M with Short Float at 11.50%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 6.75 million shares valued at $412.77 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.8622% of the CALM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 4.71 million shares valued at $287.61 million to account for 9.6587 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 2.62 million shares representing 5.3698% and valued at over $159.86 million, while RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC holds 4.3427 of the shares totaling 2.12 million with a market value of $129.29 million.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Poole James E, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Poole James E sold 909 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 14 ’25 at a price of $109.97 per share for a total of $99963.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9261.0 shares.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 14 ’25 that Sanders Steve W (Director) sold a total of 750 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 14 ’25 and was made at $109.97 per share for $82478.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 25420.0 shares of the CALM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 14 ’25, Young Camille S (Director) disposed off 909 shares at an average price of $109.97 for $99963.0. The insider now directly holds 7,639 shares of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM).
