MKC MK

MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporat

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

10 · Strong Momentum 2.0 · Weak Watch Aristocrat

54.54

+2.96%

About the company

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.

3.52%
31.95%
1.92
14.7B
9.07
6.01
58.00

52-week range

54.5
low 44.8 high 72.6
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

McCormick & Company, Incorporat (MKC), a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 3.71%. This yield is above its 5-year average yield of 1.99% and its 5-year high of 2.47%, leading to an "undervalued" status by Yield Theory. The company maintains a high rating score of 10.0, indicating a strong overall profile.

Dividend history

McCormick boasts a 29-year streak of increasing its dividend, earning it a "champion" tier in the CCC list. The dividend has demonstrated consistent growth, with a 3-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.74% and a 5-year CAGR of 7.74%. Annual dividends per share have progressed from $0.74 in 2014 to $1.56 in 2023, with projections for $1.68 in 2024 and $1.80 in 2025. Payments are made quarterly in April, July, October, and December.

Dividend safety

The dividend safety status for McCormick is rated as "watch." While the payout ratio of 31.95% indicates the dividend is comfortably covered by earnings, liquidity metrics are lower, with a current ratio of 0.781 and a quick ratio of 0.291.

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Price history

103 75.2 47.4 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 103 2020-09 · 97.0 2020-10 · 90.3 2020-11 · 93.5 2020-12 · 95.6 2021-01 · 89.5 2021-02 · 84.3 2021-03 · 89.2 2021-04 · 90.4 2021-05 · 89.1 2021-06 · 88.3 2021-07 · 84.2 2021-08 · 86.3 2021-09 · 81.0 2021-10 · 80.2 2021-11 · 85.8 2021-12 · 96.6 2022-01 · 100 2022-02 · 95.2 2022-03 · 99.8 2022-04 · 101 2022-05 · 92.7 2022-06 · 83.3 2022-07 · 87.3 2022-08 · 84.1 2022-09 · 71.3 2022-10 · 78.6 2022-11 · 85.2 2022-12 · 82.9 2023-01 · 75.1 2023-02 · 74.3 2023-03 · 83.2 2023-04 · 87.8 2023-05 · 85.7 2023-06 · 87.2 2023-07 · 89.5 2023-08 · 82.1 2023-09 · 75.6 2023-10 · 63.9 2023-11 · 64.8 2023-12 · 68.4 2024-01 · 68.2 2024-02 · 68.9 2024-03 · 76.8 2024-04 · 76.1 2024-05 · 72.2 2024-06 · 70.9 2024-07 · 77.0 2024-08 · 80.0 2024-09 · 82.3 2024-10 · 78.2 2024-11 · 78.4 2024-12 · 76.2 2025-01 · 77.2 2025-02 · 82.6 2025-03 · 82.3 2025-04 · 76.7 2025-05 · 72.7 2025-06 · 75.8 2025-07 · 70.6 2025-08 · 70.4 2025-09 · 66.9 2025-10 · 64.2 2025-11 · 67.5 2025-12 · 68.1 2026-01 · 61.8 2026-02 · 71.0 2026-03 · 50.4 2026-04 · 50.8 2026-05 · 47.4 2026-06 · 50.4 2026-07 · 52.9
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+6.8%
CAGR 3y
+6.7%
+7.7%
29 years

(5-year)

Now 3.5%
1.6% avg 2.0% 2.5%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +6.7% CAGR 5y +7.7% 29y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

65.1%
0.78
0.29
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
4.9B USD
Total cash
331.2M USD
1.5B USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 1 investor

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