Is MKC a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores McCormick & Company, Incorporated on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how MKC compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is McCormick & Company, Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to MKC based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes MKC a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

MKC - McCormick & Company, Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C+ 61.7 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

C 55.3

5yr Avg ROIC 8.6% 53/100
Operating Margin Trend +0.20 pp/yr 61/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B 70.5

5yr Avg ROE 12.9% 73/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.1% 66/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

C- 46.2

5yr Revenue CAGR 2.0% 37/100
5yr EPS CAGR 1.1% 28/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B+ 78.9

5yr FCF Margin 10.0% 70/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.90x 90/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

C 53.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 2.91x 52/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 5.65x 68/100
Altman Z-Score 1.89 38/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B 71.7

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.23 67/100
Piotroski F-Score 5 56/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

5 of 5 gurus held; 1 new buy; 4 trimmed.

Holders: 5 +1
Avg Δ position: -74.2%
New buys: 1
Full exits: 0

Soros new
Wood decreased -90%
Cooperman decreased -74%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.