McCormick & Company (MKC) Earnings: Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended August 31, 2026 and McCormick published the results on October 1, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 fiscal 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. McCormick reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and adjusted EPS, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• McCormick's fiscal year ends November 30. Q3 fiscal 2026 is the three months ended August 31, 2026.
• Since January 2, 2026, McCormick owns 75% of McCormick de Mexico and consolidates it; before that it carried its 50% interest as an equity method investment. Remeasuring that 50% interest produced an $866.8 million gain in Q1 fiscal 2026, which is why that quarter's diluted EPS was $3.77.

Source: McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 results, October 1, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How McCormick splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 fiscal 2026 against Q3 fiscal 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• McCormick's Consumer revenue was $1.2 billion in Q3 fiscal 2026, up 25% from $973 million in Q3 fiscal 2025, 60% of total revenue.
• McCormick's Flavor Solutions revenue was $809 million in Q3 fiscal 2026, up 8% from $752 million in Q3 fiscal 2025, 40% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

McCormick reaffirmed this outlook with its Q3 results. It gives no GAAP guidance.

In its Q3 fiscal 2026 release, McCormick said:

“Percentage change in net sales 13% to 17%”

“Percentage change in organic net sales 1% to 3%”

“Percentage change in adjusted operating income 16% to 20%”

“Adjusted Earnings per share (EPS) $3.05 to $3.13”

Source: McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Oct 1, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the MKC forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP net sales and diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release. Q1 fiscal 2026 EPS includes the gain on remeasuring McCormick's previously held stake in McCormick de Mexico.

McCormick's next report is expected around January 21, 2027, a date estimated from its reporting history that the company has not yet confirmed. This page will show Q3 fiscal 2026 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 fiscal 2026 (this page), reported Oct 1, 2026

McCormick's Q3 fiscal 2026 net sales were $2,024.8 million, up 17.4% from $1,724.9 million. Most of the increase was acquired: McCormick de Mexico, consolidated since McCormick raised its stake to 75% on January 2, 2026, added 14.6%. Currency added 0.9%, and organic sales grew 1.9%, made up of 2.2% from price and a 0.3% decline in volume and mix. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026; McCormick Form 10-Q, Q3 fiscal 2026, Oct 1, 2026)

The Consumer segment, which sells herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments under brands including McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot and Cholula, had net sales of $1,215.4 million, up 24.9%, with a 23% contribution from McCormick de Mexico. Organic Consumer sales rose 1%, as a 2% increase from price was partially offset by a 1% decline in volume and product mix. By region, Consumer organic sales fell 0.3% in the Americas and rose 5.0% in EMEA and 4.4% in APAC. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026; McCormick Form 10-Q, Q3 fiscal 2026, Oct 1, 2026)

Flavor Solutions, which supplies food manufacturers and the foodservice industry, had net sales of $809.4 million, up 7.7%. Its organic growth of 3.0% came from 2.2% price and 0.8% volume and mix, and APAC led with organic growth of 8.3%. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026; McCormick Form 10-Q, Q3 fiscal 2026, Oct 1, 2026; McCormick Form 10-K, fiscal 2025, Jan 22, 2026)

McCormick's 10-K names two customers that each accounted for approximately 12% of 2025 consolidated sales: Wal-Mart Stores in Consumer and PepsiCo in Flavor Solutions. The top three Flavor Solutions customers represented 49% of that segment's 2025 sales. (McCormick Form 10-K, fiscal 2025, Jan 22, 2026)

McCormick's GAAP diluted EPS fell to $0.36 from $0.84, while adjusted EPS rose to $0.86 from $0.85. The $0.50 gap is special charges: $141.5 million in operating income for transaction and integration costs and a non-cash impairment charge of approximately $43.1 million on a development-stage pepper sourcing project in Malaysia that McCormick decided to stop, plus $12.4 million of transaction expenses recorded in interest expense. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Interest expense rose to $68.4 million from $50.2 million. Income from unconsolidated operations fell to $3.0 million from $19.1 million because McCormick de Mexico is now consolidated, and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests rose to $10.0 million from $2.2 million, mostly Grupo Herdez's 25% share of McCormick de Mexico. The GAAP tax rate was 32.3% and the adjusted tax rate 22.6%, against 16.1% a year earlier. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Diluted average shares were 269.4 million, against 269.3 million, so the share count did not move EPS. McCormick paid a dividend of $0.48 per share in the quarter, against $0.45. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

McCormick gives a full-year outlook in its release and reaffirmed it with Q3: fiscal 2026 net sales growth of 13% to 17% (12% to 16% in constant currency), including 11% to 13% from McCormick de Mexico, organic growth of 1% to 3%, adjusted operating income growth of 16% to 20%, and adjusted EPS of $3.05 to $3.13. It expects a tax rate of approximately 24.0%, against 21.5% in 2025, and gives no GAAP guidance because it cannot predict special charges. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026)

McCormick's proposed combination with Unilever's Foods business, announced in March 2026, is expected to close by mid-2027. McCormick projects approximately $600 million of annual run-rate cost synergies and mid- to high-single-digit adjusted EPS accretion within the first twelve months after closing. (McCormick Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Oct 1, 2026)

A consensus figure is the average of the models published by the analysts who cover McCormick, collected by a data provider and revised up to the day of the report. A quarter that lands above it says how expectations were set as much as how the business did, and the share price on the day also reflects the guidance and the lines no consensus covers.

The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones McCormick's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 fiscal 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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