McCormick & Company, Incorporated
MKC Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods
McCormick & Company, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $6.8 billion, up 1.73% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 17.4%, EPS fell 53.8%, free cash flow fell 45.6% and total debt fell 4.77%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) Return on equity
McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 22.3%, up 8.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.9% (fiscal 2023) to 32.5% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 2.80%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 14.2% | (0.92) |
| FY2024 | 15.2% | 1.25 |
| FY2023 | 13.9% | (1.04) |
| FY2022 | 15.0% | (3.11) |
| FY2021 | 18.1% | (2.15) |
| FY2020 | 20.2% | (0.96) |
| FY2019 | 21.2% | (11.28) |
| FY2018 | 32.5% | 9.77 |
| FY2017 | 22.7% | (5.73) |
| FY2016 | 28.4% | 5.44 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 22.3% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 15.9% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 14.2% |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 12.2% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 12.0% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare | 4.30% |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 3.93% |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | −10.5% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 2.80% |
| Market median | 1.35% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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