Stock · MKC · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1972 · Revenue 12 mo. $7.7B
Price as of 11/06/2026
McCormick & Company, Incorporated manufactures, markets, and distributes herbs, spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the food industry.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated manufactures, markets, and distributes herbs, spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the food industry. It operates in two segments, Consumer and Flavor Solutions. The Consumer segment offers spices, herbs, and seasonings, as well as condiments, sauces, and desserts. This segment markets its products under the McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Lawry's, Cholula Hot Sauce, Club House, Gourmet Garden, and OLD BAY brands in the Americas; Ducros, Schwartz, Kamis, LA Drogheria, and Vahiné brands in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; and McCormick and DaQiao brands in the Asia/Pacific (APAC), as well as desserts under the Aeroplane brand; and packaged chilled herbs under the Gourmet Garden brand. Its authentic regional brands include Zatarain's, Stubb's, Thai Kitchen, and Simply Asia. The company also supplies its products under private labels. This segment serves retailers, including grocery, mass merchandise, warehouse clubs, discount and drug stores, and e-commerce retailers directly and indirectly through distributors and wholesale foodservice suppliers. The Flavor Solutions segment offers seasoning blends, spices, herbs, condiments, coating systems, and compound flavors to multinational food manufacturers and foodservice customers. It serves foodservice customers directly and indirectly through distributors. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
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Summary
43.7 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €664.4M (2025), it supports €7.4B. The remaining €3.9B of the market value assume it grows 6.0% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
6.0%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 11.4×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 16.6× to 27.9×, median 21.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 13.76% | 12.35% | Rank 53 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 73.91% | 20.14% | Rank 90 |
| EBIT margin | 15.65% | 9.44% | Rank 74 |
| FCF margin | 10.82% | 6.71% | Rank 77 |
| Gross margin | 37.90% | 35.78% | Rank 57 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 1.73% | 2.12% | Rank 46 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 5.10% | 5.20% | Rank 50 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 1.08% | 6.07% | Rank 34 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.24% | 3.77% | Rank 37 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 6.05% | 4.25% | Rank 81 |
| FCF yield | 5.87% | 5.05% | Rank 62 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.41 | 1.51 | Rank 34 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 15.42 | 16.74 | Rank 60 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −34.04% | 3.24% | Rank 3 |
| Share price, 6 months | 0.65% | 11.30% | Rank 27 |
| Share price, 3 months | −3.48% | 9.00% | Rank 12 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −32.45% | −7.96% | Rank 4 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 0.63% | −0.99% | Rank 32 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.07% | −0.62% | Rank 36 |
| Dividend streak in years | 41 | 5 | Rank 97 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −4.68% | 0.22% | Rank 6 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 43.46% | 41.95% | Rank 54 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.91 | 1.96 | Rank 25 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.70 | 0.67 | Rank 49 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 31.25% | 25.82% | Rank 20 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $M | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4.4 | 14.5% | 504.3 | 256M | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 14.8% | 632.9 | 257M | 4.8 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 16.8% | 652.1 | 267M | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 17.9% | 773.1 | 268M | 4.2 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 17.8% | 816.0 | 269M | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 6.3 | 16.1% | 550.3 | 270M | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 13.6% | 389.5 | 270M | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 14.5% | 973.4 | 270M | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 6.7 | 15.8% | 647.0 | 270M | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 15.7% | 740.4 | 269M | 3.9 |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
McCormick & Company Incorporated mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
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4 of 7 rules met
7 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for McCormick & Company Incorporated.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 16.5 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 13.8% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 43.5% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.70 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 4.0% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| MKC | McCormick & Company Incorporatedthis page | |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | Low0.0 |
| SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | Low3.6 |
| GIS | General Mills Inc | Medium5.5 |
| KHC | The Kraft Heinz Company | locked |
| JBS | JBS N.V. | locked |
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