McCormick & Co Inc.
At today's price, McCormick & Co Inc. (MKC) is priced for -0.1% growth. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
• McCormick is the scaled global flavor company, selling spices, seasonings, condiments and industrial flavor systems, and the 10-K underlines that it is both a branded leader and ⟦"a leading supplier of private label items, also known as store brands"⟧, so it captures demand whether shoppers trade up or down. • The stock is priced cautiously for a staple: at about fifteen times trailing operating income the market implies the premium segment grows slightly slower, not faster, which is a modest
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922 institutional managers reported holding MKC in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 85% of the company; the top 10 hold 46%. 116 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 14.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 5% of shares outstanding (4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
MKC's share count grew 0.7% over the past five years even with $181.50M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 16 years straight; the current rate is $1.83 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.40B in dividends and $115.90M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at MKC over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 22 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
MKC's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | -5.0% | -7.8% |
| 2023-10-04 | -8.4% | -1.0% |
| 2024-01-26 | +5.0% | +11.2% |
| 2024-03-27 | +8.7% | -7.7% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
MKC's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-25 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-26 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-05-01 (items 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-17 (items 5.02); 2026-04-03 (items 5.07).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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