Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) is 64.18% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $63.57 and a high of $126.40 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CALM stock was last observed hovering at around $119.16 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -13.28%.
Currently trading at $105.88, the stock is 2.32% and 6.23% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.66 million and changing -11.14% at the moment leaves the stock 8.99% off its SMA200. CALM registered 2.88% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -5.49%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $99.6696 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $97.1452.
The stock witnessed a 3.95% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.48%, and is -0.87% 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 6.63% over the week and 3.78% over the month.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) has around 3828 employees, a market worth around $5.13B and $4.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 4.24 and Fwd P/E is 14.46. Profit margin for the company is 28.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 66.56% and -16.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (47.65%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -44.90% this year
557.0 institutions hold shares in Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM), with institutional investors hold 96.96% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 48.49M, and float is at 44.10M with Short Float at 12.35%. Institutions hold 90.70% of the Float.
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 13.865 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 9.6607 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 BAKER ADOLPHUS B, the company’s Board Chair. SEC filings show that BAKER ADOLPHUS B sold 1,147,350 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 17 ’25 at a price of $90.60 per share for a total of $103.95 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.23 million shares.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 17 ’25 that BAKER ADOLPHUS B (Board Chair) sold a total of 140,266 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 17 ’25 and was made at $90.60 per share for $12.71 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.32 million shares of the CALM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 14 ’25, Poole James E (Director) disposed off 909 shares at an average price of $109.97 for $99963.0. The insider now directly holds 9,261 shares of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM).
