MKC

McCormick & Company
Packaged Foods & Meats · Consumer Staples · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$56.48
+2.2% on the session
1-year return
-14.8%
-17.9% over six months
Volatility
30.0%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-35.8%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

McCormick & Company is a packaged foods & meats name in the consumer staples sector. Over the past year it returned -14.8%, against +20.6% over three months and +7.9% over one. It sits 0.7% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 30.0% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -35.8%, and it has traded a median $173M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.13 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Staples#30 of 34
Stronger than 12% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#328 of 500

How MKC scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Packaged Foods & Meats.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.2%
1 week+6.6%
1 month+7.9%
3 months+20.6%
6 months-17.9%
1 year-14.8%
12-1 momentum-21.0%
Volatility (1y, annualized)30.0%
Max drawdown (1y)-35.8%
Distance vs 200-day average-0.7%
Return per unit of risk-0.49
Median daily dollar volume$173M
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