McCormick & Company, Incorporated MKC

47.94 0.12 0.25% as of 25 Sep
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$12.9B
P/E
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) Return on invested capital

McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 May 2026 was 6.36%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.21%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.11% (fiscal 2017) to 15.6% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.20%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.21% (0.16)
FY2024 7.37% 0.72
FY2023 6.65% 0.13
FY2022 6.52% (0.68)
FY2021 7.20% (1.09)
FY2020 8.29% (0.23)
FY2019 8.52% 0.81
FY2018 7.71% 1.60
FY2017 6.11% (9.44)
FY2016 15.6% 3.44

Against its own ten years

Low 6.11% High 15.6%
Ten-year median 7.37%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 10.9%
JBS JBS N.V. compare 6.89%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 6.55%
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated 6.36%
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 4.15%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 3.64%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 0.00%
GIS General Mills, Inc. compare −0.63%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −7.61%
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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