The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. McCormick & Co., Inc shares valued at $3,371,500 were sold by Kurzius Lawrence Erik on Jan 13 ’26. At $67.43 per share, Kurzius Lawrence Erik sold 50,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 246,762 shares worth approximately $16.95 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Brendan Foley purchased 57,144 shares, netting a total of over 3,746,361 in proceeds.
Before that, Foley Brendan M had sold 57,144 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,746,361, the Chairman, President & CEO traded McCormick & Co., Inc shares for $65.56 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 57,144 shares, worth approximately $7.46 million.
As published in a research note from Deutsche Bank on December 15, 2025, McCormick & Co., Inc [MKC] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $75. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of June 16, 2025, UBS has initiated its “Neutral” rating for MKC. Earlier on March 27, 2025, Argus downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for MKC stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing MKC Stock Performance
On last trading session, McCormick & Co., Inc [NYSE: MKC] rose 0.19% to $68.7. The stock’s lowest price that day was $67.78, but it reached a high of $68.775 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.34%. Over the course of the year, McCormick & Co., Inc shares have dropped approximately -4.44%.
Support And Resistance Levels for McCormick & Co., Inc (MKC)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 57.74 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is McCormick & Co., Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of McCormick & Co., Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by 87789.0 shares to 11.67 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 11.76 million shares. A decline of -0.75% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.08.
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In terms of McCormick & Co., Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 75 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.38% from the previous closing price of $68.57. Analysts anticipate McCormick & Co., Inc stock to reach 87 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 70. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked McCormick & Co., Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On January 08, 2025, TD Cowen assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $90.
