McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McCormick & Company, Incorporated in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MKC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MKC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock. Their MKC share price targets range from $57.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $77.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock was trading at $68.42 at the start of the year. Since then, MKC shares have increased by 8.2% and is now trading at $74.03.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 4th 2024.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 26th. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.05. The business earned $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.55 billion. McCormick & Company, Incorporated had a net margin of 10.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.45%. The business's revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.59 EPS.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Monday, April 22nd. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 5th.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.34%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 37 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 64.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKC will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.26% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RHS), First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS), Invesco Bloomberg Analyst Rating Improvers ETF (RYJ), ProShares MSCI Transformational Changes ETF (ANEW), 2ndVote Society Defended ETF (EGIS), iShares MSCI Water Management Multisector ETF (IWTR) and Cultivar ETF (CVAR).

McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares split on the morning of Tuesday, December 1st 2020. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, September 29th 2020. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, November 30th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.80-2.85 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.82. The company issued revenue guidance of down 2% to flat yr/yr to ~$6.53-6.67 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.64 billion.

102 employees have rated McCormick & Company, Incorporated Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Kurzius on Glassdoor.com. Lawrence Kurzius has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.24%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.06%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.06%), Jacobs & Co. CA (0.06%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.05%) and Cardinal Capital Management (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Brendan M Foley, Freeman A Hrabowski III, Jacques Tapiero, Jeffery D Schwartz, Lawrence Erik Kurzius, Lisa Manzone, Margaret M V Preston, Maritza Gomez Montiel, Michael D Mangan, Michael R Smith and Patricia A Little.
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