Question 1

Which is bigger, COST or MKC?

Accepted Answer

Costco Wholesale Corp is the larger company — market cap $419B vs $12.2B for McCormick & Company, Incorporated Non-VTG CS.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, COST or MKC?

Accepted Answer

MKC keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 19.4% vs 3.0% for COST.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, COST or MKC?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, MKC trades at a lower P/E — 8.1 vs 45.5 for COST. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, COST or MKC?

Accepted Answer

MKC yields 4.20% vs 0.59% for COST.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — COST or MKC?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, COST leads 5 of 9 comparable metrics and MKC leads 4. StockCV rates COST “Mixed” and MKC “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	COST	MKC
Price	$946.00	$45.39
Market cap	$419B	$12.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$303B	$7.69B
Revenue growth	+7.8%	+2.5%
Net margin	3.0%	19.4%
Free cash flow	$9.38B	$926M
Net cash (debt)	—	($3.39B)
1-year price return	+0.3%	-31.3%
P/E	45.5	8.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	49%	97%
Dividend yield	0.59%	4.20%
Return on equity	28%	22%
Altman Z-score	—	1.65
CV checks passed	9 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	341,000	14,100

Costco Wholesale Corp vs McCormick & Company, Incorporated Non-VTG CS