McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC) Moves -0.60% Lower: These Numbers are Too Good to be True

As on Wednesday, McCormick & Co., Inc (NYSE: MKC) started slowly as it slid -0.60% to $77.52, before settling in for the price of $77.99 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, MKC posted a 52-week range of $63.88-$85.49.

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The Consumer Defensive sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 5.74% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -6.36%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 8.47%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $252.19 million, simultaneously with a float of $251.81 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $20.80 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $78.79, while the 200-day Moving Average is $75.29.

McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Packaged Foods industry. McCormick & Co., Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 6.17%, in contrast to 81.36% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 11 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 5,000 shares at the rate of 77.34, making the entire transaction reach 386,702 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 28,217. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 06 ’24, Company’s Director sold 5,000 for 79.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 395,000. This particular insider is now the holder of 40,436 in total.

McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC) Earnings and Revenue Records

McCormick & Co., Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 8.47% and is forecasted to reach 3.12 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -6.36% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

McCormick & Co., Inc (NYSE: MKC) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.32. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.31. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $26.37, and its Beta score is 0.75. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.11. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 26.86.

In the same vein, MKC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.94, a figure that is expected to reach 0.77 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.12 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [McCormick & Co., Inc, MKC], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 1.47 million was lower the volume of 1.9 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 66.10% While, its Average True Range was 1.27.

Raw Stochastic average of McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 39.76%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 79.40% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 15.43% that was lower than 16.39% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.