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.

46.35 0.64 +1.40%
Market cap
$12.3B
P/E
8.3×
Fwd P/E
15.7×
Dividend yield
4.14%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.57
Beneish M
−2.48
Dividend safety
59/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.21
Total sells 25.04
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — 1
Sell 2 — 1 4 — — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 5.59%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 12,320.00
Revenue 7,685.70
Net Income 1,516.70
Free Cash Flow 925.90
Net Debt 3,346.90
Current Ratio 0.66 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.48 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 8.32
Fwd P/E 15.70
P/S ratio 1.62
P/B ratio 1.65
Past 5Y EPS Growth 1.06%
This Y EPS Growth 2.97%
Next Y EPS Growth 3.89%
Next Y revenue growth 15.81% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 5.12%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 2.17%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.44%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.55%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.44%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 1.99%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.35
Annual Dividend Rate 1.92
Annual Dividend Yield 4.14%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.94
0.48
0.48
0.48
2025 1.83
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.48
2024 1.71
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.45
2023 1.59
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.42
2022 1.50
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.39
2021 1.39
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.37
2020 1.27
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.34
2019 1.17
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.31
2018 1.07
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.29
2017 0.97
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.26
2016 0.88
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.24
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 167 186 96 331
Receivables 588 587 629 832
Inventory 1,127 1,240 1,272 1,446
Other — — — —
2,002 2,139 2,138 2,905
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,119 1,238 1,259 1,481
ST’ Debt 799 265 509 772
Other — — — —
3,099 2,883 3,062 4,420

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.76% 4.08% 2.51%
Cash Flow 5.01% (1.57%) 13.88%
Earnings 6.99% 1.10% 5.00%
Book Value 13.08% 7.92% 7.07%

Revenue $m

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 1,874 1,937 2,025 — —
’25 1,606 1,660 1,725 1,850 6,840
’24 1,603 1,643 1,680 1,798 6,724
’23 1,566 1,659 1,685 1,753 6,662
’22 1,522 1,537 1,596 1,696 6,351
’21 1,482 1,557 1,549 1,730 6,318
’20 1,212 1,401 1,430 1,558 5,601
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 51 380 168 — —
’25 116 46 259 542 962
’24 138 163 162 459 922
’23 103 291 266 577 1,237
’22 18 137 96 401 652
’21 (32) 261 144 455 828
’20 45 311 271 415 1,041
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 18 337 112 — —
’25 78 (2) 206 458 740
’24 76 95 103 373 647
’23 42 234 197 501 973
’22 (26) 91 32 306 403
’21 (81) 197 67 367 550
’20 6 262 213 335 816
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 3.77 0.56 0.39 — —
’25 0.60 0.65 0.84 0.84 2.93
’24 0.62 0.68 0.83 0.80 2.92
’23 0.52 0.56 0.63 0.81 2.52
’22 0.57 0.44 0.82 0.69 2.52
’21 0.60 0.68 0.79 0.73 2.80
’20 0.54 0.73 0.77 0.74 2.78
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to November

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 39.23 44.83 49.17 59.50 56.12 77.85 71.19 59.13 63.88 62.64

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 53.92 53.25 78.00 86.66 105.54 98.80 107.35 94.39 85.49 86.24
People
People Employees 13,300 14,600 14,400 15,100 15,500 14,000 14,200 13,800 14,100 14,100
Revenue/emp, $m 0.33 0.32 0.37 0.35 0.36 0.45 0.45 0.48 0.48 0.49
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 4,412 4,730 5,303 5,347 5,601 6,318 6,351 6,662 6,724 6,840
Gross margin, % 41.52 37.93 39.48 40.12 41.07 39.48 35.82 37.56 38.54 37.90
EBT 589 595 741 819 882 896 813 799 898 913
EBT margin, % 13.36 12.57 13.98 15.32 15.74 14.18 12.80 11.99 13.36 13.35
Net income 472 477 933 703 747 755 682 681 789 789
Depreciation 109 146 151 159 165 193 201 199 209 231
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 17.42 18.65 20.16 20.17 21.02 23.64 23.68 24.82 25.04 25.48
Earnings 1.87 1.89 3.55 2.65 2.80 2.83 2.54 2.54 2.94 2.94
Cash flow 2.60 3.21 3.12 3.57 3.91 3.10 2.43 4.61 3.43 3.58
Capex (0.60) (0.72) (0.64) (0.66) (0.85) (1.04) (0.93) (0.98) (1.02) (0.83)
Free cash flow 2.00 2.50 2.48 2.92 3.06 2.06 1.50 3.63 2.41 2.76
Book value 6.47 10.14 12.10 13.04 14.78 16.56 17.52 18.94 19.80 21.48
Shares, m 253 254 263 265 267 267 268 268 269 269
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 24.45 27.25 21.13 31.93 33.33 30.33 33.54 25.52 26.66 22.66
P/S 2.62 2.74 3.72 4.19 4.45 3.63 3.60 2.61 3.13 2.61
P/B 7.05 5.04 6.20 6.49 6.32 5.18 4.86 3.42 3.96 3.09
EV/Sales 2.83 3.71 4.48 4.86 5.09 4.33 4.16 3.21 3.68 3.12
EV/FCF 24.67 27.71 36.46 33.63 34.94 49.67 67.84 21.92 38.11 28.77
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 658 815 821 947 1,041 828 652 1,237 922 962
Capex (152) (182) (169) (174) (225) (278) (248) (264) (275) (222)
Free cash flow 506 633 652 773 816 550 403 973 647 740
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1) (330) (522) (604) (963) (1,028) (1,046) (1,097) (744) (924)
Total debt 1,057 4,770 4,136 3,724 4,018 4,744 3,913 4,139 3,859 3,615
Net debt 939 4,583 4,040 3,568 3,594 4,392 3,579 3,973 3,673 3,519
Shareholders’ equity 1,638 2,571 3,182 3,457 3,940 4,426 4,699 5,084 5,317 5,768
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.37 6.36 9.04 6.82 6.66 6.04 5.24 5.24 6.08 6.01
ROIC 15.55 6.11 7.71 8.52 8.29 7.20 6.52 6.65 7.37 7.21
ROE 28.41 22.68 32.45 21.17 20.21 18.06 14.95 13.91 15.16 14.24
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Nov 2025 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 6 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

McCormick & Company, Incorporated vs peers in Packaged Foods (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GIS General Mills, Inc. $17.6B — (loss-making) 10.6× −2.83% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −28.59% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.88% 14.43% Compare
JBS JBS N.V. $13.6B 12.8× 9.2× +13.82% (above 0%: growing) n/m +238.90% (above 0%: growing) 10.83% 2.50% Compare
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company $13.5B 59.3× 12.9× +5.02% (above 0%: growing) n/m +511.71% (above 0%: growing) 44.14% 23.05% Compare
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated $12.3B 8.3× 15.7× +17.39% (above 0%: growing) −53.76% (below 0%: shrinking) −45.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.26% 10.72%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. $11.3B — — — — — — — Compare
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation $11.1B 32.4× 16.1× −2.36% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.67% (below 0%: shrinking) +107.16% (above 0%: growing) 15.92% 2.49% Compare
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. $9.6B 16.3× 13.8× +16.37% (above 0%: growing) +2,950.00% (above 0%: growing) +428.22% (above 0%: growing) 29.20% 32.20% Compare
LW Lamb Weston $7.5B 28.9× 14.4× +0.66% (above 0%: growing) −54.02% (below 0%: shrinking) −47.29% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.96% 4.92% Compare
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. $7.3B 6.9× 10.0× −2.27% (below 0%: shrinking) +27.08% (above 0%: growing) −1.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 12.95% 7.86% Compare
Median of peers $11.2B 22.6× 12.9× +0.66% −54.02% +107.16% 15.96% 7.86%

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MKC metrics, ten years each

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) key facts

  • Strength: McCormick & Company, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $6.8 billion, up 1.73% from fiscal 2024.
  • McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, MKC traded at $46.35, a market capitalization of $12.3 billion.
  • McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share, a yield of 4.14%, with a payout ratio of 34.5%.
  • Return on equity was 14.2% and debt-to-equity 0.48.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.57 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 6, 2026.

Financial Analysis (summary)

Updated

McCormick generated $6.8 billion of revenue, $789.4 million of net income, and $2.93 of diluted EPS in FY2025. Free cash flow was $740.4 million in FY2025, while total debt was $3.6 billion and shareholders’ equity was $5.8 billion in FY2025.

In Q3 FY2026, revenue was $2.0 billion and gross profit was $794.9 million, while operating income was $217.0 million and net income was $107.6 million. Net debt was $2.6 billion in Q3 FY2026, and trailing-twelve-month revenue reached $7.7 billion through Q3 FY2026.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) Latest News

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