Cal-Maine Foods Inc vs Del Monte Corp

Cal-Maine Foods Inc (CALM) is undervalued and Del Monte Corp (DMC) is slightly undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, CALM trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +56%, against +12% for DMC.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Cal-Maine Foods Inc (CALM)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $165.29; the price of $73.13 is 56% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 2 of 12 signals

Del Monte Corp (DMC)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $35.85; the price of $31.56 is 12% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 63/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricCALMDMC
VerdictUndervaluedSlightly undervalued
Price$73.13$31.56
Intrinsic value$165.29$35.85
Margin of safety+56%+12%
Leak Score100/100 (2/12)63/100 (10/12)
Market cap$3.4B$1.5B
Revenue growth, 5 years16.6%0.6%
Operating margin11.8%3.8%
Net margin10.9%0.8%
Return on equity12.2%1.7%
Debt to equity0.000.30
P/E11.2x44.3x
Forward P/E24.8x10.0x
P/B1.3x0.7x
Dividend yield0.5%3.8%

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