Seasonality
MKC seasonality — McCormick & Company
Over the last 11 years, MKC's strongest month on average has been November (+4.2%) and its weakest September (-4.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.60% | -2.06% | 40% | +6.7% | -11.2% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.15% | -0.02% | 50% | +14.9% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.09% | +2.25% | 50% | +12.0% | -29.0% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.54% | +1.07% | 70% | +11.1% | -6.9% | 10 |
| May | -1.56% | -3.30% | 30% | +11.7% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.00% | +0.54% | 50% | +14.9% | -10.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.54% | +1.76% | 70% | +8.6% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.52% | +2.62% | 60% | +6.5% | -8.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.22% | -5.39% | 30% | +7.9% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.12% | -2.01% | 40% | +10.3% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.21% | +4.17% | 100% | +8.3% | +0.2% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.10% | +0.61% | 60% | +12.6% | -7.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MKC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -9.2 | 14.9 | -29.0 | 0.8 | -6.8 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 6.5 | -14.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | -28.9% | |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 7.0 | -0.4 | -6.9 | -5.1 | 4.2 | -6.8 | -0.4 | -4.9 | -4.1 | 5.2 | 0.9 | -10.7% |
| 2024 | -0.4 | 1.0 | 11.6 | -1.0 | -5.0 | -1.8 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 2.8 | -4.9 | 0.2 | -2.8 | +11.4% |
| 2023 | -9.4 | -1.1 | 12.0 | 5.6 | -2.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 | -8.3 | -7.8 | -15.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 3.8 | -5.1 | 4.9 | 0.8 | -7.8 | -10.2 | 4.9 | -3.8 | -15.2 | 10.3 | 8.3 | -2.7 | -14.2% |
| 2021 | -6.3 | -5.9 | 5.8 | 1.4 | -1.4 | -0.8 | -4.7 | 2.5 | -6.1 | -1.0 | 7.0 | 12.6 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | -3.8 | -10.5 | -3.4 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 5.8 | -5.9 | -7.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 | +12.7% |
| 2019 | -11.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | -0.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | -4.0 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 0.3 | +21.9% |
| 2018 | 6.7 | -1.8 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -4.2 | 14.9 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 9.3 | 4.2 | -7.2 | +36.6% |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 3.0 | -0.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | -6.4 | -2.3 | -0.2 | 7.9 | -3.0 | 2.7 | -0.3 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 2.3 |