McCormick & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MKC) finished Friday with an addition of $0.99 to close at $75.64, an upside of 1.33 percent. An average of 1,404,340 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.91 in the past week, and it reached a new high 29 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,191,970 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 1,138,544.
MKC stock has decreased by -8.78% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $73.82 on 09/27/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 06/23/23, shares of the company touched a low of $70.60 and a high of $94.39 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 17 times so far this year and lost -8.75% or -$7.25 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -19.86% from the 52-week high.
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Insider Transactions
MKC stock investors should be aware that McCormick & Co. Inc. (MKC) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 40 days ago on Aug 21. In this transaction, the insider spent $418,142. Vice President, Gen Counsel, Schwartz Jeffery D, disposed of 2,600 shares at a price of $90.02 on Jul 28. The insider now owns more than $234,046 worth of shares. Prior to that, Director Tapiero Jacques went on to Sale 5,000 shares at $89.88 each on Jul 26. An amount of $449,422 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
McCormick & Co. Inc. (MKC) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.18. The stock’s beta is 0.60. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 3.11, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 4.11, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 33.15.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of McCormick & Co. Inc. for the three months ended May 30 was 0.33, and the current ratio was 0.85, indicating that the company is not able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.83 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.99 for the quarter ending May 30. Its gross profit as reported stood at $2.27 billion compared to revenue of $6.35 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, McCormick & Co. Inc.’s return on assets was 5.41%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended May 30, McCormick & Co. Inc. had $4.12 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $152.1 million in the quarter, while revenues of $139.1 million were grew 22.09%. The analyst consensus anticipated McCormick & Co. Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.57 per share, but it turned out to be $0.6, a 5.30% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $270.6 million. Shareholders own equity worth $268.33 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at McCormick & Co. Inc. (MKC) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 29 September was 32.30%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 15.84%.
As of today, MKC’s price is $75.08 -1.19% or -$0.91 from its 5-day moving average. MKC is currently trading -7.85% lower than its 20-day SMA and -14.33% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -13.61% below the SMA50 and -12.03% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 12.03% and 8.26%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 1.24. With the 14-day stochastic at 22.61% and the average true range at 1.22, the RSI (14) stands at 30.93%. The stock has reached -1.50 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -2.87.
Analyst Ratings
HSBC Securities launched coverage on McCormick & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MKC) in its analyst report released on September 22, 2023. The firm assigned the stock a Hold rating. The consensus rating for McCormick & Co. Inc. (MKC) among analysts is Hold. According to current brokerage recommendations, 2 brokerage firms advise that investors sell MKC, while 9 suggest investors hold. There are 1 analyst who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 3 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is MKC’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $66.00 and $100.00, with a median target of $87.00. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for McCormick & Co. Inc. (MKC) stock is $86.54.
