A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own MKC shares is 1,328, representing 88.90% of the company's common stock.

BLACKROCK INC., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MKC by -2.34% restricting it's holding to 21.11 Million shares of worth nearly $1.5 Billion. FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC also lessened -1.12% of the MKC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.89 Million shares of worth $348.19 Million. FUNDSMITH INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. also shunned MKC shares holding by -0.28% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.02 Million shares worth $286.77 Million.

As per its latest 13F filing, VANGUARD GROUP INC increased its stake in MKC by 1.09% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 29.81 Million shares having worth more than $2.12 Billion. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO also added 0% more shares of MKC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 16.72 Million shares of worth $1.19 Billion. FUNDSMITH LLP also increased its MKC shares holding by 0.09% which brought its holding to 15.51 Million shares worth $1.11 Billion.

The insider with the most stakes in MKC is KURZIUS LAWRENCE ERIK , a Chairman, President & CEO at the company. Additionally, MKC stock is highly held by Executive VP & CFO SMITH MICHAEL R and President & COO FOLEY BRENDAN M among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.49 percent of McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 6 transaction(s) in which MKC insiders have sold stock, totaling 20,352 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KURZIUS LAWRENCE ERIK, MANGAN MICHAEL D, and FOLEY BRENDAN M.

There have been no transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which MKC insiders have bought stock N/A.

Around 1.32 Million McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.49% of MKC Stock.

MKC Chairman, President & CEO, KURZIUS LAWRENCE ERIK holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MKC shares owned by Levinson total nearly 163.24 Thousands.

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in MKC which holds 29.81 Million shares worth $2.12 Billion or 11.03% of the total MKC shares outstanding followed by BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 21.11 Million shares representing 7.81% of the MKC ownership. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO, Inc is the third largest stakeholder with 16.72 Million shares or 6.19% of the ownership worth more than $1.19 Billion.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the MKC is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of MKC shares short as of 2023-01-30 was 7.26 Million. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 268.5 Million shares of MKC are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, MKC has 263.38 Million shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for MKC was N/A as of 2023-01-30.