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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC)

Consumer Defensive · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026

McCormick & Company, Incorporated
MKC · $12.47B
$46.35-6.2%last 60 sessions · close Oct 16, 2026
$43.68$69.6452 weeks
Buy · 15 analystsPT $53.17 +14.7%
  • P/E vs own-36.0%
  • P/E vs sector-64.2%
  • Target upside+14.7%
  • Off 52w high-33.4%
  • Insiders-$10.73M
  • FCF yield+8.5%
  • Earnings in104d
  • Trendsideways
  • Sector▲ +2.6%
  • RSI46
  • MA20×50—
  • Volume1.4x
  • Support-3.7%
  • Resistance+1.3%

The average 12-month analyst price target for MKC is $53.17, 14.7% above the last close of $46.35 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $47.06 to $60.59. Rating consensus: Buy.

Snapshot

  • P/E8.4x
  • P/E vs sector-64.2%
  • P/E vs own-36.0%
  • Target upside+14.7%
  • ConsensusBuy
  • Market cap$12.47B
  • FCF yield+8.5%
  • Insiders-$10.73M
  • Earnings in104d
  • News1.00

Why it moved

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) rose 1.4% on Oct 16, 2026.

The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Consumer Defensive stocks rose 1.0%. Most of the move came from its sector.

Market (SPY)-1.1%
Consumer Defensive sector+2.1%
MKC specific+0.4%

1 story on the day (30-day average 1.1).

Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.

Price and events

⇔⇕$45.37$52.90$60.42$67.95Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26DEEDEDAED

Last close $46.35 · -27.9% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change

Technicals

  • Trendsideways
  • Sector▲ +2.6%
  • MAs20▲ 50▼ 100▼ 200▼
  • Above MAs1 of 4 above
  • MA20×50—
  • RSI46
  • Support-3.7%
  • Resistance+1.3%
  • Off 52w high-33.4%
  • Off ATH-50.3%
  • 52w range$46.35
  • Bollingerupper half
  • MACD0.27
  • ATR+2.9%
  • Volume1.4x

Analyst price targets

Low$47.06
Average$53.17
Median$52.31
High$60.59
Upside+14.7%

6 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $46.35 · as of Oct 16, 2026

⇔⇕$41.69$52.65$63.61$74.57$85.53Oct 25Mar 26Aug 26Jan 27Jun 27+58%+14%+43%+17%+2%
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Strong buy 3 · Buy 4 · Hold 8 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0

Revenue and free cash flow

Q3 FY2026: Revenue +17.4% year over year, free cash flow 12.0% of revenue, operating margin 18.1%.

RevenueFree cash flow
Q4 FY2024Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Q3 FY2026Aug 31, 2026$2.02B0.36$243M39.3%18.1%4.8%
Q2 FY2026May 31, 2026$1.94B0.56$337M40.2%14.3%8.3%
Q1 FY2026Feb 28, 2026$1.87B3.77$18.4M37.8%13.5%54.2%
Q4 FY2025Nov 30, 2025$1.85B0.84$458M38.9%17.1%12.2%
Q3 FY2025Aug 31, 2025$1.72B0.84$344M37.4%16.7%13.1%
Q2 FY2025May 31, 2025$1.66B0.65-$2.4M37.5%14.8%10.5%
Q1 FY2025Feb 28, 2025$1.61B0.60$78.4M37.6%14.0%10.1%
Q4 FY2024Nov 30, 2024$1.8B0.80$373M40.2%17.0%12.0%

Peers

20D
1KHCThe Kraft Heinz Company$23.68+1.7%-12.9%-2.4%—$28.08B
2TSNTyson Foods, Inc.$54.90+1.6%-18.7%+18.5%33.9$19.31B
3GISGeneral Mills, Inc.$33.13+0.8%-28.7%+12.6%—$17.71B
4SJMThe J. M. Smucker Company$127.43+1.2%-3.7%+8.9%59.5$13.61B
5BF.BBrown-Forman Corporation$28.88+1.0%-4.0%—18.9$13.35B
6MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporated$46.35+1.4%-33.4%+14.7%8.4$12.47B
7HRLHormel Foods Corporation$20.40+1.0%-20.9%+22.1%32.4$11.23B
8CLXThe Clorox Company$87.09+1.0%-29.8%+13.3%18.1$10.53B

Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.

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