Cal-Maine Foods vs Seneca Foods
CALM and SENEA side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CALM and SENEA compare
Cal-Maine Foods is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as Seneca Foods ($3.1B against $1.2B).
On earnings, Seneca Foods is cheaper: it trades at 10.2× trailing earnings, against 56.8× for Cal-Maine Foods.
Seneca Foods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.1% versus −42.5% for Cal-Maine Foods).
Seneca Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.6% compared with 2.3% at Cal-Maine Foods.
Cal-Maine Foods pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Seneca Foods does not pay one.
Seneca Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (19 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 | SENEA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $1.2B |
| Share price | $66.45 | $176.47 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.9% | 49.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 80.6% | 288% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.37 | 0.30 |
| Employees | 4,909 | 2,995 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 56.8× | 10.2× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 1.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.0× | 6.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 7.4× |
| PEG | – | 0.07 |
| FCF yield | −1.1% | 13.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $88.06 | $283.74 |
| Margin of safety | 24.5% | 37.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −42.5% | 12.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.6% (better) | 2.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −95.4% | 98.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −95.5% | 101% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 178% (better) | 3.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 14.3% (better) | 13.2% |
| Operating margin | 0.74% | 8.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 6.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | −1.3% | 9.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 2.2% | 16.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 0.99% | 15.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.02 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.02 |
| Interest coverage | – | 11.1× |
| Current ratio | 7.70 (better) | 2.60 |
| Altman Z-score | 6.92 (better) | 4.19 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | – |
| Payout ratio | 200% | 0.02% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 135% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.6% (better) | 1.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.7% | 60.9% |
| Held by insiders | 36.4% | 5.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$323K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 21.8% | – |
Go deeper
- CALM stock overview
- CALM income statement
- CALM valuation and score
- SENEA stock overview
- SENEA income statement
- SENEA valuation and score
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