Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reported Gross Margin of 6.16% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 30, 2026), down 41.99 percentage points from 48.16% a year earlier and down 11.72 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 30, 2026), Cal-Maine Foods posted Gross Margin of 23.08%, down 20.35 percentage points from FY2025.
- Gross Margin has a five-year change of +11.17 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Gross Margin came in at 43.43% in FY2025 (+20.15 pp), 23.28% in FY2024 (-14.75 pp), 38.03% in FY2023 (+19.06 pp) and 18.97% in FY2022 (+7.06 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Gross Margin since fiscal Q1 2022.
- Year over year, Gross Margin has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.34 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Gross Margin in five years was fiscal Q1 2023 (a gain of 30.99 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2026 (a drop of 41.99 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at 17.88% (Q3 2026), 26.95% (Q2 2026) and 33.74% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archer-Daniels-Midland | 38.74 Bn | 35.03 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 8.53% |
| 2 | Bunge Global | 20.95 Bn | 18.46 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 6.99% |
| 3 | Tyson Foods | 17.92 Bn | 14.28 Bn | 921.00 Mn | 6.64% |
| 4 | Jbs | 12.87 Bn | -20.24 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 10.83% |
| 5 | Darling Ingredients | 9.56 Bn | 9.16 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 29.20% |
| 6 | Smithfield Foods | 7.54 Bn | 2.49 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 12.92% |
| 7 | Pilgrims Pride | 6.69 Bn | 4.52 Bn | 339.75 Mn | 7.34% |
| 8 | Ingredion | 6.08 Bn | 2.26 Bn | 426.00 Mn | 23.03% |
| 9 | Seaboard | 3.94 Bn | -881.67 Mn | 221.00 Mn | 7.56% |
| 10 | Cal-Maine Foods | 3.16 Bn | 2.05 Bn | 34.07 Mn | 6.16% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | 6.16% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 17.88% |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 26.95% |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 33.74% |
| May 31, 2025 | 48.16% |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 50.51% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 37.29% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 31.46% |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 29.09% |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 31.09% |
| Dec 2, 2023 | 17.42% |
| Sep 2, 2023 | 9.89% |
| Jun 3, 2023 | 28.76% |
| Feb 25, 2023 | 46.42% |
| Nov 26, 2022 | 39.65% |
| Aug 27, 2022 | 33.04% |
| May 28, 2022 | 32.90% |
| Feb 26, 2022 | 19.18% |
| Nov 27, 2021 | 11.46% |
| Aug 28, 2021 | 2.04% |
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Cal-Maine Foods Gross Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=CALM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "CALM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=CALM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();