earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.75
Cal-Maine Foods Q2 net income drops to $17.0M ($0.35/sh) vs $198.6M a year ago; HPAI, antitrust charges
CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
2024-Q2 EPS reported
$0.37
revenue$982,578,000
- Net sales $523.2M, down 34.7% YoY; total dozens sold up 1.4% to 288.2M.
- Conventional egg net avg price $1.458/dozen, down 49.4% YoY; specialty eggs $2.277/dozen, down 3.9%.
- Recorded $19.6M loss contingency accrual in SG&A for antitrust proceeding liability.
- Completed Fassio Egg Farms acquisition; agreed to buy Tyson Foods Dexter, MO facility (Q3 close).
- Post-Q2 HPAI outbreak in Kansas depopulated ~1.5M hens (~3.3% of flock); dividend $0.116/sh payable Feb 15, 2024.