Cal-Maine Foods vs Flowers Foods
CALM and FLO side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CALM and FLO compare
Cal-Maine Foods is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as Flowers Foods ($3.1B against $1.2B).
On earnings, Flowers Foods is cheaper: it trades at 39.5× trailing earnings, against 56.8× for Cal-Maine Foods.
Flowers Foods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.62% versus −42.5% for Cal-Maine Foods).
Cal-Maine Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.3% compared with 0.58% at Flowers Foods.
Both pay dividends: Cal-Maine Foods yields 1.6% and Flowers Foods 13.5%.
Flowers Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 12 for Cal-Maine Foods), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CALM | FLO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $1.2B |
| Share price | $66.45 | $5.53 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.9% | −52.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 80.6% | −79.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.37 | 0.19 |
| Employees | 4,909 | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 56.8× | 39.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.2× (better) |
| P/B | 1.2× | 0.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.0× | 10.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 3.5× |
| FCF yield | −1.1% | 28.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $88.06 | $13.04 |
| Margin of safety | 24.5% | 57.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −42.5% | 0.62% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.6% (better) | 3.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −95.4% | −84.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −95.5% | −84.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 178% (better) | −11.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 14.3% | 48.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | 0.74% | 2.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.3% (better) | 0.58% |
| FCF margin | −1.3% | 6.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 2.2% (better) | 2.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.99% | 2.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.27 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 5.80 |
| Interest coverage | – | 1.4× |
| Current ratio | 7.70 (better) | 1.27 |
| Altman Z-score | 6.92 (better) | 1.89 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 13.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 200% | 533% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 17 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 135% (better) | 4.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.34% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.6% | 13.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.7% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 36.4% | 7.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$3.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 21.8% | 25.7% |
Go deeper
- CALM stock overview
- CALM income statement
- CALM valuation and score
- FLO stock overview
- FLO income statement
- FLO valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.