McCormick & Company, Incorporated

DB:MCX Stock Report

Market Cap: €19.6b

McCormick Valuation

Is MCX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MCX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MCX (€72.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€112.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MCX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MCX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MCX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.3x
PEG Ratio4.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MCX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MCX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.4x
SZU Südzucker
4.9x-23.0%€2.3b
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
17.1xn/a€693.5m
NLM FRoSTA
12.1xn/a€415.6m
KWS KWS SAAT SE KGaA
11.5x0.6%€2.1b
MCX McCormick
27x5.9%€21.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27x) compared to the peer average (11.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MCX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a9.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27x) compared to the European Food industry average (14.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MCX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MCX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27x
Fair PE Ratio22.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MCX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€72.60
€75.90
+4.5%
10.9%€87.46€61.04n/a16
Oct ’25€74.00
€74.14
+0.2%
11.5%€85.82€54.20n/a16
Sep ’25€71.88
€68.82
-4.3%
10.8%€84.15€54.29n/a16
Aug ’25€70.64
€69.30
-1.9%
10.0%€85.49€55.16n/a16
Jul ’25€65.50
€70.08
+7.0%
10.2%€86.82€56.01n/a16
Jun ’25€65.12
€70.10
+7.6%
10.0%€85.76€57.80n/a16
May ’25€71.30
€71.19
-0.1%
10.0%€86.58€58.35n/a17
Apr ’25€71.20
€68.98
-3.1%
10.7%€85.28€52.84n/a17
Mar ’25€63.02
€65.67
+4.2%
11.1%€80.40€52.67n/a17
Feb ’25€62.34
€65.69
+5.4%
11.4%€80.04€52.44n/a16
Jan ’25€61.24
€67.56
+10.3%
10.8%€78.80€53.44n/a16
Dec ’24€59.20
€69.97
+18.2%
11.0%€81.29€55.13n/a15
Nov ’24€60.92
€70.87
+16.3%
11.1%€82.41€55.88n/a15
Oct ’24€71.32
€80.43
+12.8%
12.7%€94.62€59.61€74.0015
Sep ’24€75.10
€79.29
+5.6%
14.1%€91.95€57.93€71.8813
Aug ’24€80.68
€77.76
-3.6%
13.9%€90.87€57.25€70.6414
Jul ’24€79.42
€77.31
-2.7%
14.5%€91.64€57.73€65.5014
Jun ’24€81.30
€72.34
-11.0%
12.4%€90.76€58.95€65.1213
May ’24€79.98
€71.24
-10.9%
13.5%€88.42€57.42€71.3013
Apr ’24€73.97
€71.32
-3.6%
12.4%€89.48€58.12€71.2013
Mar ’24€68.39
€69.41
+1.5%
12.3%€83.37€57.43€63.0213
Feb ’24€69.12
€68.74
-0.6%
12.1%€82.83€57.06€62.3413
Jan ’24€78.48
€74.25
-5.4%
12.5%€89.64€58.50€61.2413
Dec ’23€81.05
€76.08
-6.1%
13.1%€92.72€59.88€59.2013
Nov ’23€79.44
€78.63
-1.0%
12.5%€97.40€62.91€60.9212
Oct ’23€73.00
€80.88
+10.8%
12.6%€97.56€61.72€71.3212

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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