Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) posted Operating Expenses of $81.65 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 29, 2026), up 17.5% from $69.51 million a year earlier but down 12.8% from the prior quarter.
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 29, 2026, Operating Expenses at Cal-Maine Foods was $341.43 million, up 6.0% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 30, 2026), it came in at $329.29 million, up 4.7% from FY2025.
- Annual Operating Expenses has increased for seven consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.4% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Cal-Maine Foods' Operating Expenses was $314.45 million in FY2025 (+24.5%), $252.63 million in FY2024 (+8.8%), $232.21 million in FY2023 (+16.9%) and $198.63 million in FY2022 (+8.0%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $47.78 million in fiscal Q2 2022 to a high of $94.92 million in fiscal Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 15.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2025, with growth of 64.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2024, with a decline of 7.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $93.59 million (Q4 2026), $83.3 million (Q3 2026) and $82.89 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archer-Daniels-Midland | 38.43 Bn | 34.43 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 2 | Bunge Global | 19.71 Bn | 15.82 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 606.00 Mn |
| 3 | Tyson Foods | 19.64 Bn | 15.89 Bn | 921.00 Mn | 559.00 Mn |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.33 Bn | -19.94 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 1.99 Bn |
| 5 | Darling Ingredients | 9.36 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 1.52 Bn |
| 6 | Smithfield Foods | 7.18 Bn | 2.14 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 191.00 Mn |
| 7 | Pilgrims Pride | 6.60 Bn | 4.41 Bn | 339.75 Mn | 273.80 Mn |
| 8 | Ingredion | 6.04 Bn | 2.22 Bn | 426.00 Mn | 45.00 Mn |
| 9 | Seaboard | 3.61 Bn | -1.23 Bn | 221.00 Mn | 121.00 Mn |
| 10 | Cal-Maine Foods | 2.83 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 403,000.00 | 81.65 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | 81.65 Mn |
| May 30, 2026 | 93.59 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 83.30 Mn |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 82.89 Mn |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 69.51 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 94.92 Mn |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 79.97 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 77.63 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 61.93 Mn |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 57.78 Mn |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 66.02 Mn |
| Dec 2, 2023 | 76.58 Mn |
| Sep 2, 2023 | 52.25 Mn |
| Jun 3, 2023 | 62.16 Mn |
| Feb 25, 2023 | 58.49 Mn |
| Nov 26, 2022 | 57.95 Mn |
| Aug 27, 2022 | 53.61 Mn |
| May 28, 2022 | 51.64 Mn |
| Feb 26, 2022 | 52.69 Mn |
| Nov 27, 2021 | 47.78 Mn |
Cal-Maine Foods Operating Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CALM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "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=operating-expenses&ticker=CALM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();