Cal-Maine Foods reported a net loss attributable to the company of $58.6 million, or $1.26 per diluted share, for the first quarter ended August 29, 2026, compared with net income of $199.3 million, or $4.12 per diluted share, a year earlier. Net sales fell 41.5% to $539.6 million, mainly because conventional shell egg prices dropped sharply, and the company will pay no cash dividend for the quarter.
Net sales were $539.6 million, down from $922.6 million, a decrease of 41.5%.
Operating loss was $82.2 million, compared with operating income of $249.2 million a year earlier.
Conventional Shell Eggs segment loss was $71.0 million, with average selling price per dozen down 59.3%.
No cash dividend for the quarter; cumulative loss to recover before a future dividend was $94.5 million as of August 29, 2026.
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From Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.'s 10-Q and 10-K filings (SEC XBRL). YoY compares each quarter with the same quarter a year earlier; it is blank when the year-ago figure is missing or negative.
Annual results
Fiscal year
Revenue
Growth
EPS (diluted)
Growth
Net margin
FY2026
$2.91B
-31.7%
$6.63
-73.4%
10.9%
FY2025
$4.26B
+83.2%
$24.95
+338.5%
28.6%
FY2024
$2.33B
-26.1%
$5.69
-63.3%
11.9%
FY2023
$3.15B
+77.0%
$15.52
+470.6%
24.1%
FY2022
$1.78B
+31.7%
$2.72
+6700.0%
7.5%
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What did Cal-Maine Foods earn last quarter?
For the quarter ended Aug 2026, Cal-Maine Foods reported diluted EPS of $-1.26 (-130.6% year over year) on revenue of $539.61M (-41.5%).
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