Mccormick (MKC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Mccormick posted quarterly Operating Margin of 12.14% for Q1 2026, down 189.0% year-on-year from 13.64% in Q1 2025, and down 27.79% on a QoQ basis from 16.81% in Q4 2025.

Mccormick (MKC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mccormick (MKC) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 12.14% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 189.0% year-over-year to 12.14%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 15.1% (down 54.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.65%, down 12.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 12.14%, down from 16.81% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 17.06% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 10.23% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 14.57% (2024), against an average of 14.66%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin plunged 502 bps; it then surged 314 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 15.59% in 2022, then advanced by 9 bps to 16.96% in 2023, then advanced by 0 bps to 17.03% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 16.81% in 2025, then decreased by 28 bps to 12.14% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 12.14% (Q1 2026), 16.81% (Q4 2025), and 16.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 94,654.50 Bn 94,654.50 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 28.03 Bn 23.95 Bn 2.22 Bn 18.94%
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn 2.24%
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 11.82%
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 12.14%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn -23.44%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 14.62%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 12.14%
Nov 30, 2025 16.81%
Aug 31, 2025 16.74%
May 31, 2025 14.81%
Feb 28, 2025 14.03%
Nov 30, 2024 17.03%
Aug 31, 2024 17.06%
May 31, 2024 14.25%
Feb 29, 2024 14.57%
Nov 30, 2023 16.96%
Aug 31, 2023 14.54%
May 31, 2023 13.37%
Feb 28, 2023 12.71%
Nov 30, 2022 15.59%
Aug 31, 2022 14.74%
May 31, 2022 10.23%
Feb 28, 2022 13.59%
Nov 30, 2021 15.96%
Aug 31, 2021 17.12%
May 31, 2021 15.25%