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McCormick & Company
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What McCormick & Company is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to August 31, 2026: $7.69 billion, up 13% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to August 31, 2023: $0.78 billion, up 73% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to August 31, 2023: $0.28 billion, up 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to November 30, 2025: $0.03 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (October 1, 2026): sentiment 0.10 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 6 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed January 22, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $10.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 955 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−6 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4 (1 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 3 — latest OSHA inspection, Apr 6, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What McCormick & Company is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding · Hedging
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Expanding
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised65th pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings95th pct
- Deals and private raises49th pct
- Patent publications98th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Hedging
- Call sentiment18th pct
- Call confidence26th pct
- Guidance changes29th pct
- Risk factors added31st pct
- Insider open-market trades71st pct
- − Call sentiment
- − Guidance changes
- − Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver28th pct
- Stress filings97th pct
Credit
How these are built →McCormick & Company's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$5.1B
- Due within a year $2.1B
- Longer term $3.0B
- Default point $3.6B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Aug 31, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$0.5B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | $500M | 4.150% | 2029 (3y) | +53bp | 4.176% |
| Oct 3, 2024 | $500M | 4.700% | 2034 (10y) | +90bp | 4.732% |
From the pricing term sheets McCormick & Company filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name McCormick & Company, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralMcCormick (MKC) Reports 17% Sales Surge Amid Unilever Acquisition
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 1, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (RAFFANIELLO & ASSOCIATES)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 9, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Sep 28, 20268-KAuditor changeItem 4.01
- Aug 28, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 31, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (RAFFANIELLO & ASSOCIATES)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- May 30, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- May 26, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 1, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 17, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 6, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 6, 2026Risk event
- Apr 3, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 1, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 18, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 22, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 21, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 20, 2026PatentPatent granted: GRINDER DEVICEUS 12527432
- Dec 8, 2025Risk event
- Nov 26, 2025Risk event
- Aug 19, 2025PatentPatent granted: FLAVOR-CHANGING PRODUCTUS 12389928
- Mar 28, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 27, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jan 29, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 23, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 25, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 19, 2024PatentPatent granted: GRINDER DEVICEUS 11930962
- Jan 25, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- May 30, 2023Patent
- Nov 1, 2022Patent
Peers
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