Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reported Return on Capital Employed of 28.85% for Q1 2026, down 2585.0% year-over-year from 1.16% in Q1 2025, and down 41.06% quarter-over-quarter from 48.95% in Q4 2025.

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 28.85% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 28.85%, down 2585.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 28.85% (down 2585.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 66.05%, up 4909.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 28.85% in Q1 2026 per CALM's latest filing, from 48.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 62.44% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 1.34% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 39.06% and a median of 44.26% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed jumped 6795 bps in 2022, then sank 4574 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 45.03% in 2022, then plunged by 31 bps to 30.99% in 2023, then grew by 14 bps to 35.33% in 2024, then jumped by 39 bps to 48.95% in 2025, then slumped by 41 bps to 28.85% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CALM's Return on Capital Employed at 28.85% in Q1 2026, 48.95% in Q4 2025, and 55.7% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 36.33 Bn 35.72 Bn 1.22 Bn 3.18%
2 Bunge Global 21.79 Bn 22.33 Bn 766.00 Mn 4.51%
3 Tyson Foods 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 962.00 Mn 3.76%
4 Cal-Maine Foods 3.68 Bn 3.29 Bn 119.28 Mn 28.85%
5 Adecoagro 2.04 Bn 1.74 Bn 97.80 Mn 2.52%
6 Dole 1.33 Bn 1.17 Bn 184.99 Mn 7.26%
7 Fresh Del Monte Produce 1.30 Bn 1.25 Bn 89.00 Mn 4.26%
8 Vital Farms 463.27 Mn 426.30 Mn 53.01 Mn -1.27%
9 Alico 310.30 Mn 262.17 Mn -4.59 Mn -29.46%
10 Forafric Global 269.03 Mn 270.07 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 28.85%
Nov 29, 2025 48.95%
Aug 30, 2025 55.70%
May 31, 2025 55.38%
Mar 1, 2025 54.70%
Nov 30, 2024 35.33%
Aug 31, 2024 25.80%
Jun 1, 2024 16.18%
Mar 2, 2024 16.71%
Dec 2, 2023 30.99%
Sep 2, 2023 44.26%
Jun 3, 2023 54.04%
Feb 25, 2023 62.44%
Nov 26, 2022 45.03%
Aug 27, 2022 61.06%
May 28, 2022 30.04%
Feb 26, 2022 -1.34%
Nov 27, 2021 -5.00%
Aug 28, 2021 -6.89%
May 29, 2021 -4.54%