McCormick & Company, Incorporated MKC

47.94 0.12 0.25% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$12.9B
P/E
8.0×
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) trades at a P/E ratio of 8.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.5× (May 2026) to 37.2× (April 2022); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 12.7× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 16.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 22.7× (14.98%)
FY2024 26.7× 4.44%
FY2023 25.5× (23.89%)
FY2022 33.5× 10.59%
FY2021 30.3× (9.02%)
FY2020 33.3× 4.39%
FY2019 31.9× 51.13%
FY2018 21.1× (22.46%)
FY2017 27.2× 11.44%
FY2016 24.5× (10.64%)

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
May 2026 7.7× (32.37%)
Feb 2026 11.4× (49.52%)
Nov 2025 22.7× (4.81%)
Aug 2025 23.8× (6.64%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.5× High 37.2×
Ten-year median 27.4×
Current reading's percentile 1

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
CAG Conagra Brands compare n/m
GIS General Mills, Inc. compare n/m
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 7.1×
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated 8.0×
JBS JBS N.V. compare 11.3×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 16.3×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 31.3×
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 56.3×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 12.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 16.7×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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