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🇺🇸 Cal-Maine Foods
Ridgeland, Mississippi · Founded 1969 · www.calmainefoods.com
Largest producer and marketer of fresh shell eggs in the United States, supplying ~20% of US consumption. Markets conventional, cage-free, organic, and specialty eggs. Revenue is highly volatile — more than doubled in FY2023 due to avian influenza-driven supply shortage. Carries zero long-term debt, unusual for a food company of this scale.
📋 Source: Official company filings📅 Reporting period: FY2024 annual🔄 Updated: Jul 2026⚠️ AnimStok is not affiliated with Cal-Maine Foods
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AnimStok Intelligence Analysis
Data-derived · Official filings · Jul 2026Algorithmic — not a financial recommendationRevenue declined 39.0% to $2.2B in FY2024, reflecting margin pressure typical of post-commodity-spike normalisation. EBITDA of 18.5% sits above the typical 5–8% range for commodity protein processors, indicating a degree of pricing power or higher-value product mix.
ANIMSTOK COMPANY SUMMARY
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Low Confidence
Cal-Maine Foods is a publicly listed Eggs (shell-eggs, specialty-eggs, cage-free) sector company headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Revenue was $2.2B in FY2024, with an EBITDA margin of 18.5% — above the typical 5–8% range for commodity processors, reflecting a degree of pricing power or higher-value product mix. The company employs approximately 3,500 people. The company exports to markets including USA.
Financial data sourced from: Cal-Maine Foods Annual Reports
WHAT CHANGED
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WHY THIS MATTERS
Feed Cost
Layer hen feed — primarily corn and soybean meal — typically represents 55–65% of egg production costs. FAO Cereals Price Index movements directly affect farm-gate margins.
Price Seasonality
Egg prices show strong seasonal patterns in India — peak during November–February festival season, trough in April–June. Pricing is highly regional and spot-based.
Disease Risk
Avian Influenza outbreaks can trigger rapid market access restrictions. Layer flocks carry high biomass concentration per site, amplifying the per-event financial exposure.
Regulatory
FSSAI quality standards, cold chain requirements for liquid and processed eggs, and state-level marketing regulations affect pricing and distribution economics.
RELEVANT MARKET INDICATORS
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FAO Cereals Price Index
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WHAT TO WATCH
Monitoring variables — not procurement recommendations
1NECC (National Egg Coordination Committee) daily egg prices at Namakkal and Pune — the Indian benchmark
2USDA Egg Market News weekly report — US shell egg and breaking stock prices
3Corn and soybean meal spot prices at CBOT and Indore — primary layer feed cost inputs
4WOAH / OIE Avian Influenza H5N1 alerts — particularly for high-density layer production regions
5FAO Cereals Price Index monthly update (released approximately the 6th of each month)
EVIDENCE & METHODOLOGY
Data sourceOfficial company filings — annual reports, investor relations
VerificationProfile: partially_verified · Financial: partially_verified
Revenue periodFY2024 annual
Summary methodDeterministic rule-based prose from filing data — no language model involved
Event linksintel_event_companies: 1 confirmed links — none exist yet for this company
Trade flowsAll trade flow records for this company are draft status and are not displayed publicly
Confidence logicVerified profile + verified financials → Medium; any unverified field → Low; never High without corroborating event or trade data
DISCLAIMER
This intelligence summary is compiled from publicly available official company filings. AnimStok is not affiliated with Cal-Maine Foods and does not claim any endorsement. No investment, procurement, or commercial advice is implied. Data may not reflect post-filing corporate events.
Revenue History
2020–2024 · USD Billion
Business Segments
Revenue breakdown by division
Conventional Eggs58%
Specialty Eggs35%
Other7%
Key Brands
Consumer & trade brands
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Key Facts
What matters about Cal-Maine Foods
Supplies ~20% of US shell egg consumption from ~47M hens
FY2023 revenue +103% — driven entirely by avian flu-induced egg price spike
Zero long-term debt — very unusual for a $2B+ food company
Cage-free transition: targeting 50% by 2026, 100% by 2036 per retailer mandates
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