Cal-Maine Foods posts $35.9 million Q4 loss as egg prices fall sharply
Cal-Maine Foods reported a fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 net loss attributable to the company of $35.9 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, compared with net income of $342.5 million, or $7.01 per diluted share, a year earlier. Net sales fell 49.9% to $552.6 million as industry oversupply drove wholesale shell egg prices to historically low inflation-adjusted levels, and the company did not declare a Q4 dividend.
Key points
- Q4 net sales of $552.6 million, down 49.9% from $1.10 billion; Q4 operating loss of $58.8 million
- Fiscal 2026 diluted EPS of $6.63, down from $24.95; fiscal year net sales of $2.91 billion, down 31.7%
- Conventional Shell Eggs operating loss of $40.6 million in Q4; Prepared Foods operating income of $8.8 million
- New $54 million investment to expand Prepared Foods capacity by about 30%, beginning in the first half of fiscal 2028
The filing
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