---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-21-000499"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:08:55.173479+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine Q2 net income $1.2M ($0.02 EPS); revenue up 12.5% to $390.9M; no dividend; feed costs surge

## Summary
- Net income $1.2M vs $12.2M prior year; EPS $0.02 vs $0.25.
- Revenue $390.9M (+12.5% YoY) on higher shell egg pricing ($1.373/dozen, +11.9%).
- Operating loss $2.1M vs income $14.5M; feed cost per dozen up 29.0%.
- No Q2 dividend due to cumulative net loss; $21.1M loss to recover before future payouts.
- Strategic investments: $23M cage-free expansion in Okeechobee, FL; MeadowCreek Foods JV; Southwest Specialty Eggs distribution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-21-000499
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276221000499/0001562762-21-000499-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276221000499/calm8k20211228.htm

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