McCormick & Company, Incorporated

MKC and MKC.V • NYSE

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a packaged foods company in the consumer defensive sector on NYSE, led by Lawrence E. Kurzius, with a market cap of $17.9B. As of Q3 2025, 83% of shares are held by 944 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 12.06%.

Chief Executive OfficerLawrence E. Kurzius

Market Cap$17.9B

Packaged Foods

Consumer Defensive

Employees13.8K

Websitemccormickcorporation.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in MKC and MKC.V as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $18.0B

All Institutions

Institutions: 944
Value Held: $15.0B
Shares Held: 223.7M
Avg Position: $15.0M
Median Position: $719.0K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 47
Value Held: $844.4M
Shares Held: 12.6M
Avg Position: $17.6M
Median Position: $1.7M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

78.63%

$14.1B

Hedge Funds

4.7%

$844.4M

Retail & Other

16.67%

$3.0B

Based on market cap of $18.0B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in MKC and MKC.V as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$2.2B 0.03% of portfolio	12.06% 32.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$1.3B 0.02% of portfolio	7.39% 19.8M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
S STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Institution	-	$1.1B 0.92% of portfolio	6.16% 16.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$119.95B
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$1.0B 0.04% of portfolio	5.78% 15.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$429.7M 0.03% of portfolio	2.40% 6.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.57T
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	Brian Christopher Hartigan CEO	$417.0M 0.07% of portfolio	2.32% 6.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$633.08B
T T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. Insurance Manager	John Edward Robison President	$405.4M 0.25% of portfolio	2.26% 6.1M shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$161.58B
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$269.1M 0.02% of portfolio	1.50% 4.0M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.65T
NORTHERN TRUST CORP Institution	Michael G. O'Grady CEO	$240.1M 0.03% of portfolio	1.34% 3.6M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$782.01B
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Institution	Gregory E. Johnson CEO	$209.4M 0.05% of portfolio	1.17% 3.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$395.36B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for MKC and MKC.V in Q3 2025

Traded: +$660.5M
Buyers: 396
Sellers: 507
Total Bought: +$1.5B
Total Sold: −$823.2M
Avg Position: $14.1M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	+$166.9M +2.5M shares	$417.0M 6.2M shares
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$161.6M +2.4M shares	$191.5M 2.9M shares
FMR LLC Institution	+$93.9M +1.4M shares	$121.6M 1.8M shares
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	+$75.2M +1.1M shares	$187.2M 2.8M shares
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$66.6M +996.1K shares	$162.0M 2.4M shares
UBS Group AG Institution	+$62.1M +927.5K shares	$150.7M 2.3M shares
STATE STREET CORP Institution	+$50.0M +747.8K shares	$1.0B 15.5M shares
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	+$48.6M +726.0K shares	$48.6M 726.0K shares
T T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. Insurance Manager	+$41.9M +625.5K shares	$405.4M 6.1M shares
S SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$38.9M +581.0K shares	$59.2M 885.3K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
D DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main Institution	−$80.5M −1.2M shares	$177.8M 2.7M shares
ING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Insurance Manager	−$79.8M −1.2M shares	$79.6M 1.2M shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$55.6M −831.7K shares	$127.9M 1.9M shares
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ Long Only Manager	−$52.4M −783.9K shares	$167.3M 2.5M shares
WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP Long Only Manager	−$42.2M −556.7K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$39.5M −520.6K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC Long Only Manager	−$36.5M −545.5K shares	$206.7M 3.1M shares
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ Institution	−$34.9M −521.5K shares	$164.3M 2.5M shares
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD Long Only Manager	−$30.2M −398.1K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
A Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$24.0M −358.5K shares	$14.9M 222.3K shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited MKC and MKC.V in Q3 2025

New Positions: 31
New Value: $41.4M
Exited Positions: 117
Exited Value: $222.6M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	$21.6M 322.2K shares
V VIKING FUND MANAGEMENT LLC Institution	$10.0M 150.0K shares
A Addenda Capital Inc. Long Only Manager	$3.1M 47.0K shares
B BDF-GESTION Institution	$2.2M 33.2K shares
Numerai GP LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$1.4M 21.3K shares
WEDBUSH MORGAN SECURITIES INC RIA/Wealth	$759.8K 11.4K shares
Berman McAleer LLC RIA/Wealth	$609.6K 9.1K shares
Morningstar Investment Management LLC Long Only Manager	$574.2K 8.6K shares
T TEMA ETFS LLC Institution	$257.9K 3.9K shares
FourThought Financial Partners, LLC RIA/Wealth	$239.1K 3.6K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP Long Only Manager	$42.2M 556.7K shares
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$39.5M 520.6K shares
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD Long Only Manager	$30.2M 398.1K shares
Aquatic Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$23.2M 305.7K shares
J Jump Financial, LLC Institution	$13.2M 173.8K shares
LEVEL FOUR ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC RIA/Wealth	$5.3M 69.5K shares
A AXA Institution	$5.2M 68.2K shares
P Perbak Capital Partners LLP Institution	$3.7M 48.2K shares
D DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC Long Only Manager	$3.6M 48.1K shares
P Polymer Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$3.1M 40.6K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in MKC and MKC.V as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 17
Call Value: $85.8M
Put Positions: 17
Put Value: $64.9M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$24.6M 3.7K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$13.8M 2.1K contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$13.1M 2.0K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$7.5M 1.1K contracts
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$6.7M 1.0K contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$5.4M 803.0 contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$5.0M 741.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$2.6M 387.0 contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$2.0M 293.0 contracts
P Parallax Volatility Advisers, LLC Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$1.3M 199.0 contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$26.6M 4.0K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$6.5M 978.0 contracts
CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$6.1M 908.0 contracts
H HSBC HOLDINGS PLC Institution	$4.4M 652.0 contracts
H HB Wealth Management, LLC Institution	$4.3M 641.0 contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$3.2M 476.0 contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$2.9M 428.0 contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$2.3M 344.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$2.2M 333.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$1.9M 282.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with MKC and MKC.V as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
R REIK & CO., LLC RIA/Wealth	Jr. William Reik Managing Partner	8.08% $29.5M	0.16% 440.4K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$364.8M
Savoir Faire Capital Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Brian Michael Crombie Managing Partner	2.84% $7.9M	0.04% 118.3K shares	Q2 2024 Held for 1y 5m	$278.8M
Kensington Investment Counsel, LLC RIA/Wealth	Jeffrey G. Wimbish Managing Partner	2.25% $5.5M	0.03% 82.6K shares	Q4 2021 Held for 3y 11m	$245.5M
SPRING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC RIA/Wealth	Richard Earl Mcelreath President	2.17% $4.4M	0.02% 66.1K shares	Q4 2021 Held for 3y 11m	$204.2M
V Van Cleef Asset Management,Inc RIA/Wealth	Martin J Burke President	2.11% $20.8M	0.12% 311.0K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$984.1M
H HFR Wealth Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	Herbert Faulkner Reilly Iii President	2.07% $9.0M	0.05% 134.9K shares	Q2 2021 Held for 4y 5m	$436.2M
FINANCIAL CONSULATE, INC RIA/Wealth	Michael Patrick Mccarthy CEO	1.79% $12.5M	0.07% 187.4K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$701.1M
DLK Investment Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	Donald Ogden Dempster President	1.68% $4.5M	0.02% 66.6K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$265.5M
NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC Long Only Manager	Kathryn Suzanne Carver President	1.57% $15.4M	0.09% 230.0K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$982.1M
S STONE RUN CAPITAL, LLC Institution	-	1.56% $4.0M	0.02% 59.1K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$253.9M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in MKC and MKC.V

Cinctive Capital Management LP

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerLawrence Joseph Sapanski

Portfolio Value: $2.0B
Positions: 376
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in McCormick & Company, Incorporated

MKC and MKC.V

Market Value: $10.6M
Shares Held: 105.4K
Portfolio Weight: 1.04%
Owned Since: 2020-Q1

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