MKC-VMcCormick & Company, Incorporated

Consumer Defensive

$46.40-31% 1Y

$46.40

$45.3552 weeks$71.36

Is it safe?

Good

Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet and clean books.

2 good, 3 neutral, 1 without data

SurvivalSafe zone

Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality6 / 9

Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeAderived · May 31, 2026

Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk29% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -53% · now 35% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Nov 30, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitybetter than 79% of the market

Max drawdownbetter than 72% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can MKC-V take a bad year?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated carries $4.60B of net debt at 3.38× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$4.60B

Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business

Net debt / EBITDA: 3.38×
Net debt / EBITDA · 3.38× a year ago · the load is going up
Altman Z-score: 2.17
Altman Z-score · grey zone, between 1.8 and 3
Interest cover: 5.34×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over