For the quarter ended May 2025, McCormick (MKC) reported revenue of $1.66 billion, up 1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.69, compared to $0.69 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.22% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.66 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.65, the EPS surprise was +6.15%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how McCormick performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Flavor Solutions: $729 million versus $746.82 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.3% change.
- Net Sales- Consumer: $931 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $918.28 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.9%.
- Operating income excluding special charges and transaction and integration expenses- Flavor Solutions: $95 million versus $92.07 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating income excluding special charges and transaction and integration expenses- Consumer: $164 million compared to the $152.43 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of McCormick have returned +3.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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