Mccormick (MKC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Mccormick (MKC) posted Return on Capital Employed of 8.6% for Q2 2026, down 9.23% on a QoQ basis from 9.47% in Q1 2026, and down 219.0% year-over-year from 7.22% in Q2 2025.

Mccormick (MKC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mccormick's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 8.6% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 219.0% year-over-year to 8.6% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 8.6% (down 219.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.63%, up 12.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 8.6% for Q2 2026 at Mccormick, down from 9.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.79% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 6.76% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 9.51% and a median of 9.76% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed soared 269 bps — and 2026, when it sank 219 bps.
  • Mccormick's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.76% in 2022, then climbed by 13 bps to 7.65% in 2023, then jumped by 35 bps to 10.34% in 2024, then increased by 2 bps to 10.54% in 2025, then retreated by 18 bps to 8.6% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MKC's Return on Capital Employed at 8.6% in Q2 2026, 9.47% in Q1 2026, and 10.54% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.29 Bn 26.20 Bn 2.22 Bn -6.47%
2 General Mills 19.35 Bn 18.90 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.63%
3 Hormel Foods 13.90 Bn 13.04 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.10%
4 Mccormick 13.45 Bn 13.12 Bn 778.20 Mn 8.60%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.95 Bn 10.43 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.34 Bn 8.95 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.03%
7 Darling Ingredients 9.92 Bn 9.80 Bn 404.92 Mn 5.84%
8 Oatly Group AB 8.23 Bn 8.23 Bn 76.34 Mn 34,314.10%
9 Conagra Brands 7.07 Bn 6.85 Bn 704.10 Mn -10.82%
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.87 Bn 6.81 Bn 331.60 Mn 10.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 31, 2026 8.60%
Feb 28, 2026 9.47%
Nov 30, 2025 10.54%
Aug 31, 2025 10.55%
May 31, 2025 10.79%
Feb 28, 2025 10.64%
Nov 30, 2024 10.34%
Aug 31, 2024 10.56%
May 31, 2024 10.14%
Feb 29, 2024 10.07%
Nov 30, 2023 7.65%
Aug 31, 2023 9.51%
May 31, 2023 8.71%
Feb 28, 2023 8.69%
Nov 30, 2022 6.76%
Aug 31, 2022 8.93%
May 31, 2022 9.22%
Feb 28, 2022 10.01%
Nov 30, 2021 8.01%
Aug 31, 2021 10.47%