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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-26-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-22T10:07:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-22T10:10:18.991440+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine Foods Reports Q4 and Fiscal 2026 Results, Announces New Segment Structure and Acquisitions

## Summary
- Net sales for Q4 2026 were $552.6M, down 49.9% from $1.1B in Q4 2025; net loss of $35.9M vs. net income of $342.5M.
- New reportable segments: Conventional Shell Eggs, Specialty Shell Eggs, and Prepared Foods; Specialty and Prepared Foods combined accounted for 53% of Q4 net sales.
- Acquired additional Eggland's Best franchise territory in Northeast, expected to increase Specialty Shell Egg volume by ~5% annually.
- Announced $54M investment to expand Prepared Foods production capacity by ~30% in first half of fiscal 2028.
- No dividend paid for Q4 due to cumulative loss of $35.9M; repurchased 396,083 shares for $30.1M in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-26-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-22T10:07:31+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276226000078/0001562762-26-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276226000078/8k20260722.htm

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