---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:31:20.545887+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick Q3 adjusted EPS $0.85 (+2.4% YoY); cuts FY2025 profit outlook on tariffs, commodity costs

## Summary
- Net sales +3% to $1.725B; organic +2% volume-led; Consumer segment net sales +4% to $973M.
- Adjusted EPS $0.85 vs $0.83 YoY; GAAP EPS $0.84.
- Gross margin contracted 130 bps to 37.4% due to higher commodity costs and tariffs.
- FY2025 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $3.00-$3.05 from $3.03-$3.08; adj. op. income growth now 2-4% (was 3-5%).
- Expects $20M in special charges; tax rate ~22% vs 20.5% in 2024; high-single-digit decline in unconsolidated ops income.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000063/0000063754-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000063/mkc-20251007.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-25-000063.txt

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