McCormick & Company, Incorporated - MKC Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McCormick & Company, Incorporated in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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6 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock. Their MKC share price forecasts range from $82.00 to $112.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $94.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock was trading at $96.61 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MKC stock has decreased by 11.3% and is now trading at $85.67.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 6th. The company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.59 billion. McCormick & Company, Incorporated had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.65% and a net margin of 10.86%. The firm's revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.80 earnings per share.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 29th. Investors of record on Friday, December 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, January 9th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 29th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.75%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 36 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 57.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKC will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.17% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock split on the morning of Tuesday, December 1st 2020. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, September 29th 2020. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.63-$2.68 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.32 billion-$6.44 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.47 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MKC."

McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.12%), State Street Corp (5.13%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.26%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.91%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.86%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Brendan M Foley, Christina M Mcmullen, Freeman A Hrabowski III, Jacques Tapiero, Lawrence Erik Kurzius, Lisa Manzone, Malcolm Swift, Margaret M V Preston, Maritza Gomez Montiel, Michael D Mangan, Michael R Smith and Patricia A Little.
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Shares of MKC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MKC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.67.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) has a market capitalization of $22.98 billion and generates $6.32 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $755.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.56 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,000 workers across the globe.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated's mailing address is 24 Schilling Road Suite 1, Hunt Valley MD, 21031. The official website for the company is www.mccormickcorporation.com. The company can be reached via phone at (410) 771-7301, via email at kasey_jenkins@mccormick.com, or via fax at 410-771-7462.