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 invested capital
McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 5.90%, down 1.3 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 0.22%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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
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 | 5.90% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 5.80% |
| 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% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.22% |
| 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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