Mostly Markets
Subscribe
Stocks/Consumer Staples/Packaged Foods & Meats

McCormick &MKC

Packaged Foods & Meats · Hunt Valley, Maryland · In the S&P 500
Solid businessCheaper than peers
$47.29+1.05%After hours: $47.15 (−0.30%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 25.9% over 1 year
McCormick & over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$50$60$70Nov2026MarMayJulSep$47.29$50$60$70NovMarJul$47.29
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$12.72B
Price to earnings8.6x
Forward P/E15.5x
Dividend yield4.06%
Year to date−30.6%
One year−25.9%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$44.14$71.65

Quality and valuation

How McCormick & compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

McCormick & and 7 packaged foods & meats peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among consumer staples companies, priced below most of them.

McCormick & trades at 15.5 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +13.2% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 39.1% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 13.4% vs 13.6%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 12.0% vs 10.3%
MKC trades at 15.5x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Packaged Foods & Meats peers
GIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6xGIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 8.6x earnings, MKC is cheaper than its average since Oct 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
20xAverage 20.1x202520268.6x20xAverage 20.1x202520268.6x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From McCormick &'s SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 17.4% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$2.0bnQ3 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$2.0bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +17.4% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%15%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2517.4%Q3 ’260%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2517.4%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 10.7% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%15%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2510.7%Q3 ’260%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2510.7%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $926 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$112mQ3 ’26$0m$200m$400mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$112mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsMKCSector median
Revenue growth+13.2%+4.9%
Gross margin39.1%40.5%
Operating margin13.4%13.6%
Free cash flow margin12.0%10.3%
Price to earnings8.6x24.5x

Stories on McCormick &

We haven't written about McCormick & yet. Follow it, and its first story will show under My stocks on the front page.

Similar companies

Packaged Foods & Meats, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
MDLZMondelez International$64.94+3.85%+20.6%$82.88B
HSYHershey$165.61+3.33%−9.0%$33.27B
KHCKraft Heinz$24.34+1.84%+0.4%$28.86B
TSNTyson Foods$57.04+1.40%−2.7%$20.07B
GISGeneral Mills$34.29+2.91%−26.3%$18.33B
SJMJ.M. Smucker$129.90+2.88%+32.8%$13.88B
HRLHormel Foods$21.28+1.82%−10.2%$11.71B