McCormick & Company, Inc. (NYSE:MKC)

DRIP favorite; comfort products

Consistently run company with great international opportunity.

Solid dividends and boring, predictable business

Attractive price, solid company. Cheap, consumable staples that have room to grow as the economy continues globalizing are my bread and butter.

Basic stuff, well done.

operating on upper end of 52 week high, competitors slacking. new accounts.

Underperform briefly, but with jobs coming back stock prices should return to normal.

Solid company with a diverse customer base.

A bit expensive at current prices. Thus not a favorite of mine.

Spice King, nice dividend which is growing and has been paid for many years. Monopoly on spices.

The only true language of the market is Cash and MKC has no dearth of it. Not only does it have a good Cash Flow, its Free Cash Flow is super healthy too - a factor that we Fools love.
Continued growth in revenues and rising EPS, combined with commodities rise makes this one of the best purchases in this segment.

http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2011/04/04/3-stocks-that-blew-the-market-away.aspx?source=itxsitmot0000001&lidx=1

Well run, good returns, history of growth and needed product

Ratios like interest coverage look good. Dividend is ok. This one might make the real money portfolio soon.

McCormick is "the brand" in spices, has significant R&D investments and will continue to benefit as people continue to want "some spice in their life" or at least in their food.

McCormick. They import, process and package the spices that flavor your food. It's a monopoly. It's a dividend yielder. It's a commodity. It's almost a precious metal - used to be, spices were weighed and exchanged for silver. It's a consumer staple.

What it is is a company I wish I owned. Had no idea it was publically traded until rd80's Feb 22 2011 blog.

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2011/01/10/investing-in-the-dividend-champions/

food

Have had this stock for quite a while and it has preformed wonderfully. Also, have recommended to many people and now have more "friends" than I know what to do with!