By Rob Otman
Cal-Maine (Nasdaq: CALM) is a $3 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 19.79% total return. That’s above the S&P 500’s return of 14.84%.
Cal-Maine stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings soon. But does that make it a good buy today? To answer this question we’ve turned to the Investment U Stock Grader. Our research team built this system to diagnose the financial health of a company.
Our system looks at six key metrics…
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✗ Earnings-per-Share (EPS) Growth: Cal-Maine reported a recent EPS growth rate of -12.5%. That’s below the food products industry average of 16.13%. That’s not a good sign. We like to see companies that have higher earnings growth.
✗ Price-to-Earnings (P/E): The average price-to-earnings ratio of the food products industry is 28.31. And Cal-Maine’s ratio comes in at 190.25. Its valuation looks expensive compared to many of its competitors.
✓ Debt-to-Equity: The debt-to-equity ratio for Cal-Maine stock is 1.06%. That’s below the food products industry average of 47.87%. That’s a good sign. Cal-Maine’s debt levels are not out of control.
✗ Free Cash Flow per Share Growth: Cal-Maine has decreased its FCF per share over the last year relative to its competitors. That’s not good for investors. In general, if a company is growing its FCF, it will be able to pay down debt, buy back stock, pay out more in dividends and/or invest money back into the business to help boost growth.
✗ Profit Margins: The profit margin of Cal-Maine comes in at -7.24% today. And generally, the higher, the better. We also like to see this ratio above competitors. Cal-Maine’s profit margin is below the food products average of 8.09%. So that’s a negative indicator for investors.
✗ Return on Equity: Return on equity gives us a look at the amount of net income returned to shareholders. The ROE for Cal-Maine is -7.5% and that’s below its industry average ROE of 12.39%.
Cal-Maine stock passes one of our six key metrics today. That’s why our Investment U Stock Grader gives it a Sell.
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