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McCormick & Company, Inc. (MKC)

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A diversified specialty food company and a global leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, herbs, seasonings and other flavors to the entire food industry.

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Food Products (94), Mid Cap (610), S&P 500 (499), Consumer Staples (230), Growth (1902), Packaged Goods (27), Defensive (1457), Baltimore (5)
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McCormick & Company, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $35.85
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:02 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $35.56
Daily Range: $35.40 - $35.98
52-Week Range: $28.08 - $37.96
Volume: 706,738
Market Cap: $4.73B
P/E Ratio: 15.53
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McCormick & Company, Inc. (MKC)

Avatar goalie37 (59.14) Submitted: 2/04/10 11:55 PM

MKC Research

McCormick&Co is McCormick seasonings, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Simply Asia, and many other brands is the world's largest spice company.
Motley Fool CAPS - 4 stars
S&P Quality Rating - A+
P/E - 15 (historically undervalued, as usual p/e varies from high teens at 52 week lows to low ...More

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 (MKC)

Avatar goalie37 (59.14) Submitted: 2/04/10 11:55 PM : Outperform Start Price: $36.36 MKC Score: 0.21

MKC Research

McCormick&Co is McCormick seasonings, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Simply Asia, and many other brands is the world's largest spice company.
Motley Fool CAPS - 4 stars
S&P Quality Rating - A+
P/E - 15 (historically undervalued, as usual p/e varies from high teens at 52 week lows to low twenties for 52 week highs)
Mid Cap with a market cap of $4 billion
Enterprise Value of $5 billion with $991 million in total debt
2.8% dividend yield
Annual $1.04 dividend up from $.38 annual payment 10 years ago
Payout Ratio of 45%
Good gross margin at 41.6%
Acceptable net margin of 8.9%
Nice debt to equity level of 0.66
Trading at 1.5x sales
Excellent 25.1% ROE
Shares outstanding virtually unchanged over the previous 5 years
Revenue growth from $2.5 billion in 2005 to $3.2 billion in 2009
$215 million net income in 2005 to $300 million in 2009

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Avatar edwjm (99.43) Submitted: 11/30/09 11:40 AM : Outperform Start Price: $35.50 MKC Score: 2.84

Undoubtably a great investment. Not quite as attractive as a CAPS pick because of the S & P comparison feature. If the S&P rises quickly, MKC might not keep up because it is a relatively conservative stock. But MKC will certainly do well over the long term. At the current price of $35.78, the p/e is about 18 and the yeild just unter 3%.

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Avatar ContraryDude (24.67) Submitted: 11/30/09 10:26 AM : Outperform Start Price: $35.60 MKC Score: 3.26

Raised dividend and buying back shares.

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Avatar Warrenfan101 (< 20) Submitted: 11/08/09 4:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $34.92 MKC Score: 3.34

This is a sound company with good economics. They have great products and are entering some very large overseas markets.

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Avatar MRSTARBUCKS (93.08) Submitted: 10/20/09 3:58 PM : Outperform Start Price: $34.79 MKC Score: 4.87

a good stock

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