Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$51.05
+5.58% today
1Y Change
-32.67%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $13.51B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $51.05 and down 32.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.7%, EPS growth of 0.0%, a dividend yield of 3.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.7%, EPS 0.0%, free cash flow +14.4% with operating margin 15.5% and ROIC 6.1%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 8.2 and price/sales 1.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MKC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
MKC is 50.66 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
MKC had 31.78 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
MKC beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
MKC
-32.67%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-50.66 pts
Relative to SPY
MKC Max Drawdown
-40.91%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MKC and SPY.
| Year | MKC | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -24.12% | +6.71% | -30.83 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -9.68% | +11.19% | -20.87 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
3.70%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.38
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | Jul 21, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Oct 7, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Jul 8, 2024 | Jul 22, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Apr 8, 2024 | Apr 22, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 24, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Jul 24, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | Apr 24, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | Quarterly |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Oct 12, 2021 | Oct 26, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Jul 12, 2021 | Jul 26, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | Apr 26, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 19, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | Quarterly |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Jul 6, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | Apr 27, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | Jan 13, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | Quarterly |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Oct 7, 2019 | Oct 21, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Jul 8, 2019 | Jul 22, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Apr 8, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 14, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 23, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Jul 9, 2018 | Jul 23, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | Jan 16, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Oct 24, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Jul 6, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Jul 24, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | Jan 17, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2016 | Oct 11, 2016 | Oct 25, 2016 | $0.43 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Jul 11, 2016 | Jul 25, 2016 | $0.43 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Apr 7, 2016 | Apr 11, 2016 | Apr 25, 2016 | $0.43 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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