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Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reported Gross Margin of 17.88% for Q1 2026, down 3263.0% year-over-year from 0.57% in Q1 2025, and down 33.64% on a QoQ basis from 26.95% in Q4 2025.

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 17.88% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 3263.0% year-over-year to 17.88% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 33.77% (down 586.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 43.43%, up 2015.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin eased to 17.88% in Q1 2026 per CALM's latest filing, from 26.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 50.51% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 9.89% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 31.46% (2024), against an average of 31.38%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin soared 3099 bps; it then slumped 3263 bps in 2026.
  • Tracing CALM's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 39.65% in 2022, then plunged by 56 bps to 17.42% in 2023, then surged by 114 bps to 37.29% in 2024, then dropped by 28 bps to 26.95% in 2025, then plunged by 34 bps to 17.88% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CALM Gross Margin figures stand at 17.88% (Q1 2026), 26.95% (Q4 2025), and 33.74% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 37.36 Bn 36.74 Bn 1.22 Bn 5.96%
2 Bunge Global 23.34 Bn 23.89 Bn 766.00 Mn 3.50%
3 Tyson Foods 4.64 Bn 4.24 Bn 962.00 Mn 7.05%
4 Cal-Maine Foods 3.64 Bn 3.26 Bn 119.28 Mn 17.88%
5 Fresh Del Monte Produce 1.57 Bn 1.51 Bn 89.00 Mn 8.52%
6 Dole 1.38 Bn 1.21 Bn 184.99 Mn 7.90%
7 Vital Farms 412.88 Mn 375.92 Mn 53.01 Mn 28.32%
8 Alico 311.29 Mn 263.16 Mn -4.59 Mn -85.92%
9 Village Farms International 301.97 Mn 256.27 Mn 20.99 Mn 41.77%
10 Forafric Global 271.18 Mn 272.22 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
May 29, 2021 10.84%
Feb 27, 2021 13.23%
Nov 28, 2020 16.83%
Aug 29, 2020 5.73%
May 30, 2020 26.80%
Feb 29, 2020 14.42%
Nov 30, 2019 9.43%
Aug 31, 2019 -8.76%
Jun 1, 2019 4.55%
Mar 2, 2019 21.47%
Dec 1, 2018 19.81%
Sep 1, 2018 16.77%
Jun 2, 2018 31.87%
Mar 3, 2018 27.56%
Dec 2, 2017 22.81%
Sep 2, 2017 6.60%
Jun 3, 2017 4.37%
Feb 25, 2017 12.78%
Nov 26, 2016 1.56%
Aug 27, 2016 -3.99%
May 28, 2016 13.42%
Feb 27, 2016 29.51%
Nov 28, 2015 38.76%
Aug 29, 2015 43.13%
May 30, 2015 27.14%
Feb 28, 2015 25.71%
Nov 29, 2014 24.49%
Aug 30, 2014 22.72%
May 31, 2014 24.57%
Mar 1, 2014 23.23%
Nov 30, 2013 21.08%
Aug 31, 2013 14.06%
Jun 1, 2013 15.80%
Mar 2, 2013 18.60%
Dec 1, 2012 15.60%
Sep 1, 2012 16.38%
Jun 2, 2012 15.02%
Feb 25, 2012 21.45%
Nov 26, 2011 21.18%
Aug 27, 2011 13.86%
May 28, 2011 17.08%
Feb 26, 2011 23.88%
Nov 27, 2010 19.28%
Aug 28, 2010 17.19%