MKC — MCCORMICK & CO INC

US Consumer Staples Food & beverage equity mkt cap 14.9B
55.41 +0.34% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 45.60 · high 72.26

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Performance

1 day+0.34%
1 week+1.35%
1 month+10.40%
3 months+17.99%
6 months-19.11%
Year to date-17.64%
1 year-20.71%
3 years-35.42%
5 years-36.08%

Technicals

RSI 1471.9
vs 50-day avg+7.57%
vs 200-day avg-3.89%
Volatility 1y30.2%
Max drawdown 1y-36.89%
Avg volume 30d3.0M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)3.41%
Paid last 12m1.8900
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-04-07

Measured signals that fired on MKC

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-14Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-13Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-10Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-10Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-10Kurzius Lawrence Erik
10% owner
Open-market sale205.5K52.6910.8M
2026-08-10Kurzius Lawrence Erik
10% owner
Option exercise205.5K49.0210.1M
2026-07-23Conway Michael Aaron
Director
Open-market purchase1.1K50.2155.2K
2026-06-01Hoots Cindy L
Director
Grant or award52747.5225.0K
2026-04-28Foley Brendan M
Chairman, President & CEO
Other Acquisition/Disposition28851.4014.8K
2026-04-28Foust Andrew
Chief Integration Officer
Other Acquisition/Disposition5251.812.7K
2026-04-28BRAMMAN ANNE L
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition2451.811.2K
2026-04-28Piper Sarah
Chief Human Relations Officer
Other Acquisition/Disposition2151.811.1K
2026-04-28Foley Brendan M
Chairman, President & CEO
Other Acquisition/Disposition551.34257
2026-04-28THOMAS TERRY S
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition451.81196

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.1.1B21.3M
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO833.4M16.5M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC832.9M16.5M
STATE STREET CORP774.0M15.3M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC699.3M13.9M
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC638.8M12.7M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC334.9M6.7M
Boston Partners222.2M4.4M
Invesco Ltd.198.8M3.9M
MORGAN STANLEY193.2M3.8M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d62.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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