Cal-Maine Foods Inc vs Tyson Foods Inc

Cal-Maine Foods Inc (CALM) is undervalued and Tyson Foods Inc (TSN) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, CALM trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +56%, against -26% for TSN.

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

Tyson Foods Inc (TSN)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.0% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $41.09; the price of $51.82 is 26% above that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 36/100 on 8 of 12 signals

MetricCALMTSN
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$73.13$51.82
Intrinsic value$165.29$41.09
Margin of safety+56%-26%
Leak Score100/100 (2/12)36/100 (8/12)
Market cap$3.4B$17.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years16.6%4.7%
Operating margin11.8%2.5%
Net margin10.9%1.0%
Return on equity12.2%3.1%
Debt to equity0.000.44
P/E11.2x31.3x
Forward P/E24.8x12.4x
P/B1.3x1.0x
Dividend yield0.5%4.1%

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