CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM)
Consumer Staples · Agricultural products - food production · NASDAQ
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States, providing a diversified portfolio of conventional and specialty egg products.
What CAL MAINE FOODS INC does
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the United States, as well as a manufacturer of egg products and prepared foods. The company operates a large-scale poultry operation producing shell eggs through a network of farms and facilities, and has expanded into egg-based prepared food products through acquisitions including Echo Lake Foods. The business is significantly impacted by commodity egg prices, feed costs, and disease outbreaks such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Themes: Egg production and distribution, Cage-free and specialty egg production, Animal disease risk (HPAI), Commodity pricing volatility, Prepared foods / value-added products
Fundamentals
- Price$82.80 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$3.9B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-26.9% 2025-08-21 close $113.25 → 2026-08-21 close $82.80
- P/E12.24 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+10.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+23.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+11.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-31.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.21 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-22 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +9.0%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How CALM compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 97 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 109 covered Consumer Staples peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 77 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 110 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Consumer Staples companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
CALM is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
39.6 #834 of 987 scored · #34 of 49 in Consumer Staples
Valuation 86th (price to earnings 12.2, price to book 1.4) and financial health 70th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 10.4%); weakest is growth (8th, revenue growth year over year -31.7%, 3-year revenue CAGR -2.5%).
Short-term score
44.2 #1177 of 1,704 scored · #44 of 69 in Consumer Staples
Volume and participation 100th: trading volume is running unusually high — about 2.4× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest; momentum 38th: over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 4.5 percentage points; weakest is setup 29th: day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 86% of the past ~6 months).
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, CALM's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 73%, free-cash-flow payout 71%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout73% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout71% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CAL MAINE FOODS INC looks technically
CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) is trading 0.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 10 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago. It is 29.5% below its highest point of the past year. Trading volume is running unusually high — about 2.4× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 0.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +0.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $83.65 | $83.65 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $82.08 | $82.08 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 80.5. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 10 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 10 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 0.9% above | +0.9% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 14.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 47.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($79.69 to $86.88) — its "stochastic" reading is 43 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 43.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 16 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $117.45 | $117.45 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 29.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -29.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 15.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +15.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 29.5% below its highest point of the past year | 29.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 18 trading days ago | 18 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $126.40 (set on 2025-07-23) | $126.40 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($72.44 to $116.80), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 23% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $99.85 to $101.27. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 23.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 34.5% below its all-time high | -34.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $82.45 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-04-09, most recently on 2026-07-14. Since 2024-08-21 it has 4 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.88 (set on 2005-11-11) | $2.88 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2780.0% above its all-time low | +2,780% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 86% of the past ~6 months) | 86th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.68 between its high and its low — about 3.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.68 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $77.30 and $92.26 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $77.30 – $84.78 – $92.26 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (0.9% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is running unusually high — about 2.4× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest | 2.39× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 6.2% gap down opened on 2026-07-22 has been "filled" 22 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 22 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +2.79% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 7.4 percentage points (the stock lost 5.1% while the market gained 2.3%) | -7.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 4.5 percentage points (the stock gained 7.6% while the market gained 3.1%) | +4.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 12.3 percentage points (the stock lost 1.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -12.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 47.4 percentage points (the stock lost 26.9% while the market gained 20.5%) | -47.4% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.5% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $81.00 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-22 (its 10-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $86.01 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 23 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CALM last closed at $82.80 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 4 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $82.45 | Support | 0.4% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-04-09 to 2026-07-14 |
| $80.15 | Support | 3.2% below the last close | turned there 7 times · 2025-03-13 to 2026-07-22 |
| $85.97 | Resistance | 3.8% above the last close | turned there five times · 2024-10-23 to 2026-04-01 |
| $89.69 | Resistance | 8.3% above the last close | turned there six times · 2024-11-15 to 2026-03-12 |
| $73.78 | Support | 10.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-11 to 2026-06-03 |
| $92.15 | Resistance | 11.3% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-05-29 to 2025-11-13 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $80.50.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $85.07 and $90.44 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $95.24.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-08-19.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Unusually heavy trading volume · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$88.00 range $79.00 – $100.00; median $86.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CALM
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.52 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-18
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks causing significant flock losses, as evidenced by impacts in fiscal 2024 Q3/Q4 and again in March 2026, disrupting production and supply","Commodity price volatility for shell eggs and feed costs (corn, soy), combined with government and consumer reactions to high egg prices potentially leading to new regulations or margin pressure","Integration and realization of synergies from recent acquisitions (Echo Lake Foods, June 2025) and ability to expand prepared foods product mix and customer base while managing competitive pressures"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CALM's 10-Q filed 2026-04-01 against the prior one filed 2026-01-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added in newer filing (2026-04-01): reference to 'potential future impact on our business of highly pathogenic avian influenza ("HPAI")' as a standalone item in the forward-looking statements list
- Removed:
- Removed from newer filing (2026-04-01): extensive detail about HPAI outbreak including 'the resurgence in United States ("U.S.") commercial table egg layer flocks of highly pathogenic avian influenza ("HPAI")'
- Removed from newer filing (2026-04-01): detailed enumeration of risk factors (i) through (xii) including specific references to Echo Lake Foods acquisition (June 2, 2025), controlled company status change (April 14, 2025), Ukraine war, Israel-Iran conflicts, and Red Sea shipping attacks
- Removed from newer filing (2026-04-01): detailed explanatory text about disease, pests, weather, product recall risks, and outbreak timeline (November 2023 detection, December 2023 impact on flocks)
- Removed from newer filing (2026-04-01): comprehensive list of competitive, integration, and operational risk factors with specific business examples
- Removed from newer filing (2026-04-01): detailed share repurchase program discretionary language and suspension/modification provisions
- Removed from newer filing (2026-04-01): complete COMPANY OVERVIEW section describing Cal-Maine Foods' portfolio, brands, flock size (49.3 million layers and 11.4 million pullets/breeders as of November 29, 2025), and strategic priorities
- Notes:
- The newer filing text provided appears to be truncated mid-sentence ('Our operating results are materially impacted by market prices for eggs and feed grains (corn and soybean meal), which are highly volatile, independe'), making complete assessment of all changes difficult
- The comparison shows the newer filing is substantially shorter in the provided excerpt, suggesting either significant removal of content or truncation in the source material provided
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for CALM — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding CALM as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 10,984,633
- Reported value $869,433,671
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 4 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CALM had 5,103,170 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CALM had 10.9% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.46 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 5,103,170
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 10.9%
- Prior settlement (shares) 5,949,877
- Reported change -14.23%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.46
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Vital Farms (VITL)
- The Soy Energy
- Michael Foods
- Hillandale Farms
- Rose Acre Farms
- Daybreak Foods
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Frequently asked questions
What does CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) do?
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the United States, as well as a manufacturer of egg products and prepared foods. The company operates a large-scale poultry operation producing shell eggs through a network of farms and facilities, and has expanded into egg-based prepared food products through acquisitions including Echo Lake Foods.
What sector is CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) in?
CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) is classified in the Consumer Staples sector. Its industry is Agricultural products - food production. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does CALM pay a dividend?
Yes — CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 9.00% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CAL MAINE FOODS INC's (CALM) competitors?
Notable peers of CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) include Vital Farms, The Soy Energy, Michael Foods, Hillandale Farms and Rose Acre Farms. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) overbought or oversold right now?
CAL MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CALM come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.