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How Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. stacks up
CALM · against 173 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
19/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #157 of 174 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including CALM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 19?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 85% of peers. Operating margin: 0.7% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 79% of peers. Return on invested capital: 0.6% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 70% of peers. Return on assets: 1.9% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CALM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CALM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 161 reported | 0.6% | 11.4% | 13% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 172 reported | 0.7% | 9.0% | 6% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 164 reported | 1.9% | 5.1% | 15% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 163 reported | 2.4% | 10.3% | 14% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 174 reported | 14.3% | 36.3% | 10% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CALMScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score