2.56% volatility in Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) last month: This is a red flag warning

Zack King

A new trading day began on Monday, with Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) stock price down -2.74% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $85.7. CALM’s price has ranged from $79.55 to $126.40 over the past 52 weeks.

A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 131.11% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -61.71%. With a float of $42.49 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $48.50 million.

In an organization with 3828 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) Insider Updates

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Farm Products Industry. The insider ownership of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc is 12.40%, while institutional ownership is 91.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 02 ’25, was worth 258,599. In this transaction Chief Strategy Officer of this company bought 2,800 shares at a rate of $92.36, taking the stock ownership to the 3,738 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 17 ’25, when Company’s Board Chair sold 1,147,350 for $90.60, making the entire transaction worth $103,949,910. This insider now owns 230,570 shares in total.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM) Performance Highlights and Predictions

In its latest quarterly report, released on 11/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 4.48 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.58 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -61.71% per share during the next fiscal year.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Cal-Maine Foods, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 5.62. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.92. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 3.32.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 26.01, a number that is poised to hit 2.02 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.71 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (CALM)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.09 million. That was better than the volume of 0.96 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 23.01%.

During the past 100 days, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc’s (CALM) raw stochastic average was set at 6.68%, which indicates a significant decrease from 21.35% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.17 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 2.61 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $87.78, while its 200-day Moving Average is $96.59. However, in the short run, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $84.92. Second resistance stands at $86.50. The third major resistance level sits at $87.35. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $82.49, it is likely to go to the next support level at $81.64. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $80.06.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 4.04 billion, the company has a total of 48,500K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,262 M while annual income is 1,220 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 922,600 K while its latest quarter income was 199,340 K.

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