MKC PEER ANALYSIS

McCormick & Company Incorporated — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

MKCMcCormick & Company Incorporated

🇺🇸 USA · US · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Packaged Foods

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

MKCIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	MKC	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
P/E	8.84●	25.05	9.33	17.67	26.06	108.00	18.51
P/B	2.06	2.47	2.23	4.00	2.80	1.91●	1.59
EV/EBITDA	13.84	11.24	—	9.74●	12.75	15.60	10.83
P/S	1.95	0.91	1.48	1.92	1.74	0.56●	0.80

Financial Health
Metric	MKC	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.78	1.71	1.40	2.96●	0.90	1.28	1.55
Debt/Equity	70.5%	48.1%	—	2.4%●	89.4%	163.1%	48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.35	1.62	—	-1.80●	1.95	7.18	1.99

Profitability
Metric	MKC	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
Net Margin	22.0%●	3.6%	15.8%	10.8%	6.7%	0.5%	1.9%
ROE	25.9%●	9.8%	23.7%	22.7%	10.5%	2.0%	3.4%
ROA	11.0%	4.9%	12.7%	16.8%●	4.0%	0.6%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	18.6%●	9.5%	8.2%	16.6%	16.1%	6.7%	10.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	MKC	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.5%	-3.4%	2.0%	13.4%	-0.3%	17.4%●	3.5%
NI Growth	110.0%●	—	78.2%	23.2%	-9.7%	-65.4%	-16.5%
Div. Yield	3.5%	2.0%	3.7%	3.1%	3.0%	4.0%●	0.0%
Payout	30.7%	48.2%	181.9%	46.2%	0.0%	374.3%	0.0%

Valuation
Metric	MKC	HRL	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
P/E	8.84●	29.49	—	—	40.77	11.47	18.51
P/B	2.06	1.73	2.24	2.77	1.87	1.73●	1.59
EV/EBITDA	13.84	15.71	18.94	111.22	13.36	8.85●	10.83
P/S	1.95	1.13	1.37	1.11	1.44	0.70●	0.80

Financial Health
Metric	MKC	HRL	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.78	1.94●	0.78	0.68	1.58	0.87	1.55
Debt/Equity	70.5%	35.9%●	127.9%	183.7%	89.1%	174.0%	48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.35	1.99●	6.85	43.48	4.22	4.31	1.99

Profitability
Metric	MKC	HRL	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
Net Margin	22.0%●	3.8%	-1.5%	-0.5%	3.5%	6.1%	1.9%
ROE	25.9%●	5.8%	-2.4%	-1.1%	5.0%	15.4%	3.4%
ROA	11.0%●	3.5%	-0.8%	-0.3%	2.8%	4.1%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	18.6%●	8.2%	11.3%	1.6%	15.8%	15.5%	10.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	MKC	HRL	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.5%	2.5%	3.7%	-5.4%	11.3%●	-2.9%	3.5%
NI Growth	110.0%●	-37.5%	—	—	30.1%	33.9%	-16.5%
Div. Yield	3.5%	4.7%	3.8%	6.5%	—	6.7%●	0.0%
Payout	30.7%	137.0%	-335.0%	-1,501.5%	—	77.3%	0.0%

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