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How McCormick & Company, Incorporated stacks up
MKC · against 91 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
71/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #32 of 92 · scores higher than 65% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including MKC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 71?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 74% of peers. Operating margin: 13.4% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 86% of peers. Return on assets: 9.0% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MKC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MKC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 89 reported | 7.0% | 10.1% | 27% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 92 reported | 13.4% | 10.0% | 71% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 85 reported | 9.0% | 4.9% | 89% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 85 reported | 22.6% | 11.9% | 86% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 92 reported | 38.9% | 37.1% | 56% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MKC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 2 | 1.19T INR (≈$14.2B) | 97 | 60 | |
| 3 | 1.14T INR (≈$13.7B) | 96 | 71 | |
| 4 | 13.7B USD | 95 | 51 | |
| 5 | 55.6B CNY (≈$7.8B) | 93 | 57 | |
| 28 | 148.0B DKK (≈$22.2B) | 74 | 56 | |
| 29 | 17.2B EUR (≈$18.9B) | 73 | 47 | |
| 30 | 13.8B USD | 72 | 59 | |
| 30 | 13.9B NZD (≈$8.4B) | 72 | 75 | |
| 32 | 12.9B USD | 71 | 62 | |
| 32 | 7.2B USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 34 | 1.77T JPY (≈$12.0B) | 70 | 57 | |
| 35 | 1.68T JPY (≈$11.4B) | 69 | 64 | |
| 36 | 3.41T JPY (≈$23.2B) | 68 | 58 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score