Insider trade

CEO sold ~$3.75M of MKC shares in the open market

Traded Nov 12, 2025 · Filed Nov 14, 2025

McCormick & CompanyMKC

~$3.75M
Reported value · 57K sh @ $65.56: 109K
Holds after · shares reported: -33.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $65.88 → $44.14 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of McCormick & Company sold $3.75M of McCormick & Company shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Nov 12, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 14, 2025

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$3,746,361

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

36 days after results of Oct 7, 2025, 71 days before results of Jan 22, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $65.88 on Nov 12, 2025, within 4% of its 52-week low, after a 3% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $63.83 (Oct 29, 2025) to $84.73 (Mar 3, 2025), 10% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $67.76 on Oct 1, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+4.3%	-1.9%	+6.3%
30 days	+4.8%	+1.3%	+3.5%
90 days	+9.7%	+1.4%	+8.3%
180 days	-30.2%	+10.5%	-40.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000063754-25-000099
Filed / recorded: Nov 14, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MCCORMICK & CO INC
Issuer CIK: 63754
Ticker: MKC
Reporting person: Brendan M Foley
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chairman, President & CEO
Security: Common Stock - Voting
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 12, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 57,144
Price per share: $65.56
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 108,652.016
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

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