Del Monte
DMC · Packaged Foods & Meats
$29.51
1.4%McCormick
MKC · Packaged Foods & Meats
$48.12
1.2%The short version
- McCormick is the larger business, with $6.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.3B for Del Monte, about 1.6 times as much.
- McCormick grew revenue faster (1.7%, against 1.0%).
- McCormick kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (15.7% operating margin, against 3.2% operating margin).
- McCormick turned more of its sales into free cash flow (10.8% FCF margin, against 4.2% FCF margin).
- McCormick earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (8.7%, against 4.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Del Monte’s earnings: a P/E of 42.2x against 8.7x for McCormick.
| Latest fiscal year | DMC · FY25 | MKC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.4B | $13.0B |
| Revenue | $4.3B | $6.8B |
| Free cash flow | $181M | $740M |
| Net income | $90.7M | $789M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.0% | 1.7% |
| 5-year growth | 0.6% | 4.1% |
| Share count change | 0.2% | −0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 9.2% | 37.9% |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 15.7% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 11.5% |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 10.8% |
| Return on capital | 4.5% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 14.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $142M | $4.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7x | 3.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $87.2M | $518M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 42.2x | 8.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
DMC $4.0B
MKC $4.4B
FY17
DMC $4.1B
MKC $4.7B
FY18
DMC $4.5B
MKC $5.3B
FY19
DMC $4.5B
MKC $5.3B
FY20
DMC $4.2B
MKC $5.6B
FY21
DMC $4.3B
MKC $6.3B
FY22
DMC $4.4B
MKC $6.4B
FY23
DMC $4.3B
MKC $6.7B
FY24
DMC $4.3B
MKC $6.7B
FY25
DMC $4.3B
MKC $6.8B
DMC
MKC
FY16
DMC 6.1%
MKC 14.5%
FY17
DMC 3.7%
MKC 14.8%
FY18
DMC 0.9%
MKC 16.8%
FY19
DMC 2.5%
MKC 17.9%
FY20
DMC 1.8%
MKC 17.8%
FY21
DMC 2.6%
MKC 16.1%
FY22
DMC 3.5%
MKC 13.6%
FY23
DMC 1.4%
MKC 14.5%
FY24
DMC 4.6%
MKC 15.8%
FY25
DMC 3.2%
MKC 15.7%
DMC
MKC
FY16
DMC $198M
MKC $504M
FY17
DMC $55.7M
MKC $633M
FY18
DMC $96.1M
MKC $652M
FY19
DMC $46.8M
MKC $773M
FY20
DMC $30.6M
MKC $816M
FY21
DMC $30.0M
MKC $550M
FY22
DMC $13.7M
MKC $390M
FY23
DMC $120M
MKC $973M
FY24
DMC $131M
MKC $647M
FY25
DMC $181M
MKC $740M
DMC
MKC
FY16
DMC 11.4%
MKC 16.0%
FY17
DMC 6.0%
MKC 10.1%
FY18
DMC 0.8%
MKC 11.7%
FY19
DMC 3.7%
MKC 10.0%
FY20
DMC 3.0%
MKC 9.9%
FY21
DMC 4.7%
MKC 8.8%
FY22
DMC 5.4%
MKC 7.2%
FY23
DMC 1.2%
MKC 7.9%
FY24
DMC 7.2%
MKC 8.9%
FY25
DMC 4.5%
MKC 8.7%
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