Eldred Rock Partners LLC Has $10.67 Million Stock Holdings in Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. $CALM

Eldred Rock Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALMFree Report) by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 132,449 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after buying an additional 8,482 shares during the quarter. Cal-Maine Foods makes up approximately 2.3% of Eldred Rock Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest holding. Eldred Rock Partners LLC’s holdings in Cal-Maine Foods were worth $10,670,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CALM. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cal-Maine Foods by 12.8% in the second quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,022 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $101,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund increased its stake in shares of Cal-Maine Foods by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 23,884 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,900,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cal-Maine Foods by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 7,428 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $591,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cal-Maine Foods by 13.5% in the 2nd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 1,153 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $93,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the period. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in Cal-Maine Foods by 58.2% in the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 378 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.67% of the company’s stock.

Cal-Maine Foods Price Performance

CALM opened at $85.08 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $82.75 and a 200 day simple moving average of $81.32. The company has a market capitalization of $3.99 billion, a PE ratio of 12.99 and a beta of 0.25. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has a 1 year low of $71.92 and a 1 year high of $117.45.

Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALMGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The basic materials company reported ($0.76) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.08 by ($0.84). Cal-Maine Foods had a return on equity of 11.79% and a net margin of 10.88%.The firm had revenue of $552.58 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $563.83 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $7.04 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 49.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on Cal-Maine Foods from $75.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Stephens cut their price target on Cal-Maine Foods from $90.00 to $85.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $100.00 price objective on shares of Cal-Maine Foods in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Cal-Maine Foods from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Cal-Maine Foods in a report on Monday, July 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Cal-Maine Foods presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $94.71.

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About Cal-Maine Foods

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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4Grain brand names. It sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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