profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
McCormick &
$46.72-2.42% today
-27.4% in 1 year
1-year low $44.141-year high $71.65
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $15.92 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What McCormick & sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.35 billion in 2022 to $6.84 billion in 2025, with $789 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
McCormick & handed back 70% of the cash it generated last year.
$483M
Free cash flow 2025$740M
Bought back its own shares$35M
Paid as dividends$483M
Cash vs. debt$96M vs. $4.0B
McCormick & vs. similar companies
McCormick & grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick & | 15.9× · Fair price | ||
 Nestlé | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.1× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 20.1× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads McCormick &'s last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,601 | 6,318 | 6,351 | 6,662 | 6,724 | 6,840 | |
| 2,300 | 2,495 | 2,275 | 2,503 | 2,591 | 2,592 | |
| 1,000 | 1,015 | 917 | 1,024 | 1,070 | 1,092 | |
| 1,182 | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,206 | 1,317 | 1,341 | |
| 747 | 755 | 682 | 681 | 789 | 789 | |
| 2.78 | 2.80 | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.92 | 2.93 | |
| 41.1% | 39.5% | 35.8% | 37.6% | 38.5% | 37.9% | |
| 17.8% | 16.1% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 15.9% | 16.0% | |
| 13.3% | 12.0% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 11.7% | 11.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 12,090 | 12,906 | 13,125 | 12,862 | 13,070 | 13,200 |
| Cash | 424 | 352 | 334 | 167 | 186 | 96 |
| Total debt | 4,967 | 5,381 | 5,326 | 4,591 | 4,509 | 3,985 |
| Total liabilities | 8,150 | 8,480 | 8,426 | 7,779 | 7,754 | 7,432 |
| 3,926 | 4,411 | 4,681 | 5,061 | 5,291 | 5,737 | |
| 269 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 269 | |
| 9.0% | 8.3% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 8.9% | 9.0% | |
| 19.0% | 17.1% | 14.6% | 13.4% | 14.9% | 13.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,041 | 828 | 652 | 1,237 | 922 | 962 | |
| 225 | 278 | 262 | 264 | 275 | 222 | |
| 816 | 550 | 390 | 973 | 647 | 740 | |
| Dividends paid | 330 | 363 | 397 | 419 | 451 | 483 |
| 47 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 53 | 35 | |
| 46 | 67 | 60 | 63 | 47 | 46 |
Valuation
- 15.9×
- 15.1×
- 15.07
- 1.8×
- 1.8×
- 17.0×
- 12.3×
- 5.9%
- 6.3%
- 4.0%
Profitability
- 37.9%
- 16.0%
- 11.5%
- 17.5%
- 6.1%
- 7.5%
- 27.3%
- 10.1%
- 8.5%
- –
Growth
- +4.1%
- +1.1%
- +14.4%
- +7.6%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 3.8×
- 0.70
- 30.1%
- 5.7×
- 0.76
- 0.76
- 0.43
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 24%of 670
Top 28%of 674
Top 39%of 624
Bottom 39%of 673
Top 40%of 668
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $73.20
- Range
- $67.00 – $85.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.66 | 0.61 | +8.2% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 0.86 | 0.88 | −1.8% |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 0.85 | 0.83 | +2.5% |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 0.69 | 0.65 | +6.2% |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 0.60 | 0.64 | −6.7% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 0.80 | 0.77 | +3.9% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 0.83 | 0.68 | +22.1% |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 0.69 | 0.59 | +16.9% |
4.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$40a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.6%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.82 in 2015 → $1.83 in 2025
How safe it looks
61.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 65.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
48No pass
Benjamin Graham
62Pass
Philip Fisher
44No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
34No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about McCormick &
Is McCormick & a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the McCormick & AI analysis
What does McCormick & do?
McCormick & Company, Incorporated manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the food industry. It operates in two segments, Consumer and Flavor Solutions. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Hunt Valley, MD, United States, with 14,100 employees.
Does McCormick & pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.0% a year, about 61% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $483 million in dividends.
Is McCormick & stock halal?
Questionable. McCormick & sits in a grey zone: its debt is 32% of its market value, between 30% and 33%. How we check
How has McCormick & stock done over the past year?
Down 27.4% over the past twelve months, to $46.72. It traded between $44.14 and $71.65 and is 34.8% below its high.
Who are McCormick &'s competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with McCormick &'s.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.