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McCormick & Company, Incorporated

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 17% YoYRecent insider buyingQuiet on X (34 mentions/wk)
$MKC·$14B·Packaged Foods·Consumer Defensive
$54.67+0.4%YTD-23.7%1Y-22.1%
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MKMKC
$MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporated
$54.67+0.40%34 posts+10%
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AI analysis

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Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-14

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

McCormick down 24% YTD — Unilever $65B merger changes everything, and CEO Kurzius just exercised $20M then sold $10.8M of stock.

McCormick & Company is the global spices-and-flavor solutions leader — the specific consumer-staples franchise that just agreed to a $65B merger with Unilever Foods, which fundamentally reshapes the equity thesis for the combined entity plus its London-listing plans.

  • The Unilever $65B merger is the entire structural anchor: McCormick announced the operating model, executive team, and secondary listing location (London) for the combined company plus a two-year worker protection agreement — that's the specific transaction-scale event that pivots MKC from standalone US spices-franchise to a global combined-foods giant, with 'The Market Still Underestimates The Unilever Deal' analyst framing.
  • The Q2 mechanics support the deal-close: revenue of $1.94B grew ~17% YoY at a 40% gross margin and 14% operating margin, EPS of $0.80 beat consensus of $0.69 by 16% — for a business at just 8.5x TTM PE and 1.86x sales with a 8.4% FCF yield and 6% ROIC, that's the specific extreme-value combination where the merger economics plus continued operational execution support a coiled-with-upward-bias positioning.
  • The CEO's cluster exercise-plus-sale is the specific caution flag: CEO Lawrence Kurzius M-Exempted 411,076 shares at $49.03 (a $20.15M option exercise) and immediately S-Sold 205,538 shares at $52.69 ($10.83M) on Aug 10 — that's the specific pattern of an option-linked large cluster distribution around the merger close, though the sizing is unusually large and worth watching for follow-through.

What breaks the stall upward is the Oct 6 print confirming operational trajectory continues plus specific commentary on Unilever merger-close-and-London-listing progress; what deepens the stall is a merger-close-timing setback or additional executive selling beyond current levels.

What to watch: Oct 6 Q3 earnings — operational trajectory, Unilever merger-close-and-London-listing progression, and any additional executive selling. A merger-close delay or continued executive selling is what deepens the stall.

On the calendar: 2026-10-06 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Dominant global spices and seasonings company selling to consumer and foodservice channels under McCormick, Frank s RedHot, and other brands.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Packaged Foods sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MKC.

Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive

No material change from last week — WEST's private-label coffee co-packing benefits from consumer switching from branded to value coffee, while DAR's food waste conversion to bio-based..

What this means for $MKC

Partial — Dominant global spices and seasonings company selling to consumer and foodservice channels under McCormick, Frank s RedHot, and other brands; partial earnings exposure to packaged foods demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Industry benchmark

16-name peer basket
+15.3%YTD
+17.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
8.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
15.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
8.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
25.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
38.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 25, 2026$0.80$0.69+15.6%
Q4 2025Mar 31, 2026$0.66$0.59+11.1%
Q4 2025Jan 22, 2026$0.86$0.88-1.8%
Q3 2025Oct 7, 2025$0.85$0.83+2.5%
Next earningsTue, Oct 6·consensus EPS $0.75

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$1.9B+16.7%40.2%14.3%$0.56$337.1M
Q1 FY26$1.9B+16.7%37.8%13.5%$3.78$18.4M
Q4 FY25$1.9B+2.9%38.9%17.1%$0.84$458.3M
Q3 FY25$1.7B+2.7%37.4%16.7%$0.84$344.2M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.9B$7.8B – $8.0B$3.09$3.05 – $3.1111
FY27$8.2B$8.1B – $8.2B$3.30$3.23 – $3.329
FY28$8.5B$8.4B – $8.7B$3.64$3.48 – $3.749
FY29$8.9B$8.8B – $9.0B$4.30$4.23 – $4.384
FY30$8.8B$8.7B – $9.0B$4.63$4.56 – $4.724

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.35%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+7.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-5.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 265.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.635-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 10Kurzius Lawrence Erik10% owner205.5K sh$10.8MBuyJul 23Conway Michael AaronDirector1.1K sh$55KBuyApr 10Gavin HattersleyDirector2.0K sh$106K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3/ANew insider — initial holdingsJun 33/A
AI summary

Tabata Lorena Gomez Sades, Chief Growth and Marketing Officer of McCormick, filed an amended Form 3/A correcting the reporting date from April 15, 2026 to April 8, 2026. Administrative amendment to a prior initial ownership filing.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 23
AI summary

Cindy L. Hoots (director, Hunt Valley MD) filed a Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement for McCormick and Co as of June 1, 2026. Administrative disclosure.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 268-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

McCormick's Board appointed Cindy Hoots (recently retired Chief Digital Officer and CIO of AstraZeneca; also a Zoom Communications director) as director effective June 1, 2026, joining the Audit Committee. Governance addition bringing digital technology and enterprise IT expertise to the McCormick board.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 18-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 8.01: Other event
8-KOfficer or director changeApr 178-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
3New insider — initial holdingsApr 153
3New insider — initial holdingsApr 103
8-K/AMaterial agreement (amended)Apr 68-K/A — Item 1.01: Material agreement
+ 36 other (20 425s · 3 13Gs · 3 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

McCormick: A Spicy Total Returns Opportunityseekingalpha.com·10d agoMcCormick: The Market Still Underestimates The Unilever Dealseekingalpha.com·17d agoUnilever agrees two-year worker protection after $65 billion McCormick merger, memo showsreuters.com·17d agoMcCormick to Seek London Listing Following Tie-Up with Unilever Foodswsj.com·23d agoMcCormick Announces Operating Model, Executive Team, and Secondary Listing Location for Combined Companyprnewswire.com·23d ago

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