Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- -$1.24
- Estimate
- -$0.76
- Surprise
- -63.2%
- Revenue (period 2026-08-29)
- $539.6M
- Score today
- 3.3/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reported a wider loss than forecast — adjusted EPS of -$1.24 against the -$0.76 estimate (a 63.2% shortfall).
Coverage in the report window
- Cal-Maine Shares Crack After Wider-Than-Expected Loss, Muted Egg Prices — benzinga, 2026-10-01
- Stephens & Co. Maintains Equal-Weight on Cal-Maine Foods, Lowers Price Target to $70 — benzinga, 2026-10-01
- Cal-Maine Foods Stock Cracks Under Egg-Industry Pressure — benzinga, 2026-09-30
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CALM Sell at 3.3/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -63.2% surprise compares with a -206.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-06.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: fresh shell eggs
- Target reached (-5.1% upside)
- Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $61.18
- Stop
- $58.33
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (60.3× forward vs 49.7× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CALM at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Farm Products
- Market cap
- $2.86B
- P/E (fwd)
- 60.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 49.7
- 52-week range
- $60.13–$95.25
- Off 52-week high
- 35.8%
- RSI (14)
- 35
- Volume vs avg
- 0.67×
- Score today
- 3.3/10