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 year. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for McCormick & Company, Incorporated's shares. Their MKC share price targets range from $57.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $77.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock was trading at $68.42 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, MKC shares have increased by 4.9% and is now trading at $71.80.
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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) issued 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 firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for 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 firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 27th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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), 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), ProShares Russell US Dividend Growers ETF (TMDV) and ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (NOBL).

Shares of McCormick & Company, Incorporated split before market open on Tuesday, December 1st 2020. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, September 29th 2020. The newly issued shares were issued 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 earnings per share (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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bath Savings Trust Co (0.06%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.06%), Jacobs & Co. CA (0.06%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.05%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.03%) and Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. (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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