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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) trades at a price to free cash flow of 12.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.1× (June 2026) to 59.6× (December 2022); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 8.5× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 13.5×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 24.0× (25.94%)
FY2024 32.4× 81.80%
FY2023 17.8× (69.57%)
FY2022 58.7× 40.70%
FY2021 41.7× 36.53%
FY2020 30.5× 5.24%
FY2019 29.0× (4.12%)
FY2018 30.3× 47.81%
FY2017 20.5× (10.28%)
FY2016 22.8× (4.14%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
May 2026 12.3× (55.45%)
Feb 2026 27.6× 14.66%
Nov 2025 24.0× (14.60%)
Aug 2025 28.1× (21.07%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.1× High 59.6×
Ten-year median 27.3×
Current reading's percentile 1

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CAG Conagra Brands compare 6.8×
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 8.1×
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 9.1×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 10.8×
GIS General Mills, Inc. compare 11.7×
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated 12.6×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 13.8×
JBS JBS N.V. compare 21.6×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 8.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 13.5×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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