McCormick & Company dividend history

McCormick & Company's dividend was $1.83 a share in fiscal 2025, up 7.0% on the year before. That was 61.2% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2009, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $16.5M
Dividends (TTM): $508M
Returned to shareholders: 57%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $124M
Diluted share count: −0.0%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 4.0%; dividends 3.9% + buybacks 0.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 34%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 22.6%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 39 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

McCormick & Company: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Nov 2009	2010Nov 2010	2011Nov 2011	2012Nov 2012	2013Nov 2013	2014Nov 2014	2015Nov 2015	2016Nov 2016	2017Nov 2017	2018Nov 2018	2019Nov 2019	2020Nov 2020	2021Nov 2021	2022Nov 2022	2023Nov 2023	2024Nov 2024	2025Nov 2025	LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share	$0.480	$0.520	$0.560	$0.620	$0.695	$0.755	$0.815	$0.880	$0.965	$1.07	$1.17	$1.27	$1.39	$1.50	$1.59	$1.71	$1.83	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+8.3%	+7.7%	+10.7%	+12.1%	+8.6%	+7.9%	+8.0%	+9.7%	+10.9%	+9.3%	+8.5%	+9.4%	+7.9%	+6.0%	+7.5%	+7.0%	—
Dividends paid	125	138	149	165	180	192	205	218	238	273	302	330	363	397	419	451	483	508
Share buybacks	—	83	89	132	177	244	146	243	138	62	95	47	9	39	36	53	35	17
Dividends ÷ net income	41.8%	37.3%	39.7%	40.4%	46.2%	43.9%	51.0%	46.1%	49.8%	29.3%	43.0%	44.2%	48.1%	58.2%	61.5%	57.2%	61.2%	34.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	37.6%	46.3%	61.0%	47.8%	49.2%	51.9%	44.4%	43.2%	37.5%	41.9%	39.1%	40.5%	66.0%	101.8%	43.0%	69.7%	65.2%	54.8%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from McCormick & Company's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to McCormick & Company.