Dividends
MKC Dividend History, Yield & Dates
Dividend Yield · Dividend History · Ex-Dividend Date · Payment Date
MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporated
Consumer Defensive / Packaged Foods
Low Priority
In Line With Peers
Latest quote
- Momentum49
- Value43
- Quality62
- Risk resilience48
- Sentiment—
MKC Dividend answer
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 4.06%, or $1.92 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 3.05%, from $1.44 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.48 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 13, 2026. Payment date: Oct 26, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
MKC Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next MKC Dividend Date
When MKC next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next MKC dividend
MKC's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.48 per share. Data last checked: Oct 13, 2026.
Latest MKC Dividend Dates
Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.
AIQ Dividend bridge
Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.
Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.
Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.
MKC Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
MKC Annual Dividend History
MKC Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.48, event yield 4.21%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 7.58%
- Cohort rank
- #160
- Cohort standing
- Top half
- Consumer Defensive rank
- #9
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.270
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.830
- Absolute change
- $0.560
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
MKC's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 7.58% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #160 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
MKC Dividend Yield
How MKC's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
MKC's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent MKC dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.48 | $0.48 | 4.21% | Quarterly | $1.92 | Sep 24, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $0.48 | $0.48 | 3.65% | Quarterly | $1.89 | Jun 23, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | $0.48 | $0.48 | 3.52% | Quarterly | $1.86 | Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | $0.48 | $0.48 | 2.65% | Irregular | $1.83 | Nov 18, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Oct 14, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 |
Show older history+36 rows
| Jul 7, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.41% | Quarterly | $1.77 | Jun 24, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | Jul 21, 2025 |
| Apr 7, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.35% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Mar 26, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.27% | Irregular | $1.71 | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 |
| Oct 7, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.12% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Sep 24, 2024 | Oct 7, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Jul 8, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.38% | Quarterly | $1.65 | Jun 25, 2024 | Jul 8, 2024 | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.15% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Mar 27, 2024 | Apr 8, 2024 | Apr 22, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.33% | Irregular | $1.59 | Nov 28, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Oct 6, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 2.42% | Quarterly | $1.56 | Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 24, 2023 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Jun 27, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Jul 24, 2023 |
| Apr 6, 2023 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 1.77% | Quarterly | $1.52 | Mar 29, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 1.78% | Quarterly | $1.50 | Nov 29, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Oct 7, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 2.02% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Sep 29, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 1.77% | Quarterly | $1.45 | Jun 28, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $1.42 | Mar 30, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 1.45% | Quarterly | $1.39 | Nov 30, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.71% | Quarterly | $1.36 | Sep 28, 2021 | Oct 12, 2021 | Oct 26, 2021 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.53% | Quarterly | $1.33 | Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 12, 2021 | Jul 26, 2021 |
| Apr 9, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.48% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Mar 31, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | Apr 26, 2021 |
| Dec 30, 2020 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.34% | Quarterly | $1.27 | Nov 20, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 |
| Oct 2, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | 1.29% | Quarterly | $1.24 | Sep 22, 2020 | Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 19, 2020 |
| Jul 2, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | 1.34% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Jun 23, 2020 | Jul 6, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.31 | 1.54% | Quarterly | $1.19 | Apr 1, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | Apr 27, 2020 |
| Dec 30, 2019 | $0.62 | $0.31 | 1.37% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Nov 26, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | Jan 13, 2020 |
| Oct 4, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.285 | 1.35% | Quarterly | $1.14 | Sep 24, 2019 | Oct 7, 2019 | Oct 21, 2019 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.285 | 1.38% | Quarterly | $1.12 | Jun 25, 2019 | Jul 8, 2019 | Jul 22, 2019 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.285 | 1.44% | Quarterly | $1.09 | Mar 27, 2019 | Apr 8, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | $0.57 | $0.285 | 1.53% | Quarterly | $1.07 | Nov 27, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 14, 2019 |
| Oct 5, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | 1.53% | Quarterly | $1.04 | Sep 25, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | 1.70% | Quarterly | $1.02 | Jun 26, 2018 | Jul 9, 2018 | Jul 23, 2018 |
| Apr 6, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.26 | 1.90% | Quarterly | $0.99 | Mar 28, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | $0.52 | $0.26 | 1.89% | Quarterly | $0.965 | Nov 28, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.235 | 1.91% | Quarterly | $0.94 | Sep 26, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Jul 6, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.235 | 1.92% | Quarterly | — | Jun 28, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Apr 6, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.235 | 1.80% | Quarterly | — | Mar 30, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2016 | $0.47 | $0.235 | 1.90% | Quarterly | — | Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Oct 6, 2016 | $0.43 | $0.215 | 1.81% | Quarterly | — | Sep 27, 2016 | Oct 11, 2016 | Oct 25, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
MKC dividend research links
Focused follow-on paths for yield methodology, payout coverage, peer comparison, and income planning.
Estimate income using editable yield and payment assumptions.
Compare reinvesting dividends with taking them as cash.
Review payout ratio, cash flow, profitability, and balance-sheet context.
Read dividend income beside volatility, drawdown, and risk resilience.
Open DividendInvestorIQ for dividend discovery, comparisons, and income planning tools.
MKC Dividend Comparisons
How MKC's income profile compares with the peers it is most often weighed against.
Dividend calculators
Each calculator opens with this ticker's price and dividend loaded; every assumption stays editable.
Estimate annual income, payment amount, yield and growth scenarios using MKC as ticker context.
Explore a DRIP scenario without duplicating the full calculator on the dividend analysis page.
Check the current yield, annual income on your shares, and your yield on cost from the price you paid.
Enter your purchase date or price to see the yield on what you paid, today's yield beside it, and the dividends collected since.
Related Links
MKC Dividends FAQ
Does MKC pay a dividend?
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.48 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is MKC's dividend yield?
MKC's trailing dividend yield is 3.05%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is MKC's next dividend?
MKC's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is MKC's ex-dividend date?
MKC's latest covered ex-dividend date is Oct 13, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has MKC's dividend changed?
MKC's one-year dividend growth is 6.67% based on comparable covered dividend history.