McCormick & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MKC) is 0.45% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $59.13 and a high of $94.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MKC stock was last observed hovering at around $69.40 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.67%.
Currently trading at $68.73, the stock is 0.53% and 2.18% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.08 million and changing -0.97% at the moment leaves the stock -7.39% off its SMA200. MKC registered -6.21% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.69%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.43 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $18.95.
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The stock witnessed a 0.98% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.51%, and is 0.09% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.32% over the week and 1.96% over the month.
McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC) has around 13800 employees, a market worth around $18.44B and $6.66B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.25 and Fwd P/E is 22.68. Profit margin for the company is 10.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.24% and -27.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.93%).
McCormick & Co., Inc. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.58 with sales reaching $1.56B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 4.59% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -0.30% year-over-year.
1,296 institutions hold shares in McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC), with institutional investors hold 87.61% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 251.30M, and float is at 250.96M with Short Float at 2.26%. Institutions hold 87.59% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 30.23 million shares valued at $2.64 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.03% of the MKC Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Blackrock Inc. with 18.61 million shares valued at $1.62 billion to account for 7.41% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co which holds 16.72 million shares representing 6.65% and valued at over $1.46 billion, while Fundsmith LLP holds 6.16% of the shares totaling 15.47 million with a market value of $1.35 billion.
McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by MANGAN MICHAEL D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that MANGAN MICHAEL D sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 15 ’24 at a price of $65.20 per share for a total of $0.33 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 39181.0 shares.
McCormick & Co., Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 25 ’23 that Schwartz Jeffery D (Vice President, Gen Counsel) sold a total of 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 25 ’23 and was made at $64.37 per share for $0.13 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 55174.0 shares of the MKC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 21 ’23, MANGAN MICHAEL D (Director) disposed off 5,000 shares at an average price of $83.63 for $0.42 million. The insider now directly holds 39,181 shares of McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC).
