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Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.23 for Q1 2026, up 66.85% year-over-year from 0.14 in Q1 2025, and down 67.3% on a QoQ basis from 0.71 in Q4 2025.

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) has 16 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.23 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 66.85% year-over-year to 0.23 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.4 (up 57.48% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.31, up 13.09% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio fell to 0.23 in Q1 2026 per CALM's latest filing, from 0.71 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.79 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 12.41 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.28 (2025), against an average of 0.41.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio plunged 5013.01%; it then soared 1283.41% in 2024.
  • Tracing CALM's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.43 in 2022, then tumbled by 87.98% to 0.05 in 2023, then surged by 1283.41% to 0.71 in 2024, then grew by 0.64% to 0.71 in 2025, then tumbled by 67.3% to 0.23 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CALM FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.23 (Q1 2026), 0.71 (Q4 2025), and 0.28 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 37.36 Bn 36.74 Bn 1.22 Bn -5.77
2 Bunge Global 23.34 Bn 23.89 Bn 766.00 Mn -
3 Tyson Foods 4.64 Bn 4.24 Bn 962.00 Mn -0.68
4 Cal-Maine Foods 3.64 Bn 3.26 Bn 119.28 Mn 0.23
5 Fresh Del Monte Produce 1.57 Bn 1.51 Bn 89.00 Mn 0.48
6 Dole 1.38 Bn 1.21 Bn 184.99 Mn -0.05
7 Vital Farms 412.88 Mn 375.92 Mn 53.01 Mn -
8 Alico 311.29 Mn 263.16 Mn -4.59 Mn -0.01
9 Village Farms International 301.97 Mn 256.27 Mn 20.99 Mn -
10 Forafric Global 271.18 Mn 272.22 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.23
Nov 29, 2025 0.71
Aug 30, 2025 0.28
May 31, 2025 0.46
Mar 1, 2025 0.14
Nov 30, 2024 0.71
Aug 31, 2024 0.46
Jun 1, 2024 0.25
Mar 2, 2024 0.33
Dec 2, 2023 0.05
Sep 2, 2023 -12.41
Jun 3, 2023 0.79
Feb 25, 2023 0.29
Nov 26, 2022 0.43
Aug 27, 2022 0.25
May 28, 2022 0.07
Feb 26, 2022 0.04
May 29, 2021 0.02
Feb 27, 2021 0.42
May 30, 2020 0.01
Jun 1, 2019 -1.24
Mar 2, 2019 0.27
Dec 1, 2018 -1.27
Sep 1, 2018 1.42
Nov 26, 2016 0.00
Aug 27, 2016 0.00
May 28, 2016 3.46
Feb 27, 2016 -5.56
Nov 28, 2015 0.37
Aug 29, 2015 0.11
May 30, 2015 1.24
Feb 28, 2015 0.01
Nov 29, 2014 -1.29
Aug 30, 2014 0.60
May 31, 2014 0.71
Mar 1, 2014 0.18
Jun 1, 2013 -0.29
Mar 2, 2013 0.16
Dec 1, 2012 0.16
Sep 1, 2012 -0.49
Jun 2, 2012 1.61
Feb 25, 2012 0.21
Nov 26, 2011 0.04
Aug 27, 2011 1.89
May 28, 2011 -1.57
Feb 26, 2011 0.11
Nov 27, 2010 0.58
Aug 28, 2010 -1.47