Seaboard Corp (SEB)
Seaboard Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in agricultural, energy, and ocean transportation business worldwide. It operates through Pork, Commodity Trading and Milling (CT&M), Marine, Liquid Fuels, Power, and Turkey segments. The Pork segment produces and sells pork products to further processors, food service operators, grocery stores, and distributors; and hogs. The CT&M segment sources, transports, and markets wheat, corn, soybeans, soybean meal, and other commodities; and produces and sells wheat flour, maize meal, manufactured feed, and oilseed crush commodities. The Marine segment provides cargo shipping services; owns and leases dry, refrigerated, specialized containers, and other related equipment; and operates a terminal and an off-port warehouse and cargo storage. The Liquid Fuels segment owns biodiesel plants and terminal facilities. The Power segment operates as an independent power producer that generates electricity for the power grid in the Dominican Republic. The Turkey segment produces and processes turkey products to retail stores, food service outlets, and industrial entities, as well as exports products to foreign markets. The company also produces and sells sugar and alcohol. Seaboard Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Merriam, Kansas.
- Symbol
- SEB
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Conglomerates
- Market cap
- $3.95B
- 52 week range
- 3140.01 - 5989.37
Valuation
- Share price
- $3956.67 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.25x
- Price to book
- 0.72x
- Price to free cash flow
- -171.74x
- Enterprise value
- $4.72B
- Book value per share
- $5751.76
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -5.09% |
| 5 days | -7.77% |
| 1 month | -7.12% |
| 3 months | -19.05% |
| 6 months | -20.37% |
| Year to date | -10.98% |
| 1 year | +7.69% |
| 3 years | +4.25% |
| 5 years | -1.82% |
| 10 years | +19.82% |
| All time | +47859.64% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 9.57%
- Return on invested capital
- 4.10%
- Return on assets
- 6.08%
- Return on capital employed
- 3.55%
- Gross margin
- 7.11%
- Net margin
- 5.14%
- EBITDA margin
- 5.72%
- Revenue growth
- 7.10%
- Net income growth
- 456.67%
- Free cash flow growth
- -25.00%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- -0.58%
- Current ratio
- 2.40x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 0.76x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-12-31
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $9.75B
- Cost of revenue
- $9.05B
- Gross profit
- $693.00M
- EBITDA
- $557.00M
- Net income
- $501.00M
- Earnings per share
- $514.46
- Research and development
- $64.00M
- Shares outstanding
- 964.11K
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $9.75B | $693.00M | $501.00M | $514.46 |
| 2024-12-31 | $9.10B | $576.00M | $90.00M | $90.62 |
| 2023-12-31 | $9.56B | $316.00M | $227.00M | $202.21 |
| 2022-12-31 | $11.24B | $1.03B | $582.00M | $499.66 |
| 2021-12-31 | $9.23B | $818.00M | $571.00M | $490.36 |
| 2020-12-31 | $7.13B | $574.00M | $283.00M | $244.21 |
| 2019-12-31 | $6.84B | $446.00M | $287.00M | $246.62 |
| 2018-12-31 | $6.58B | $550.00M | $3.00M | $2.26 |
| 2017-12-31 | $5.81B | $549.00M | $246.00M | $211.01 |
| 2016-12-31 | $5.38B | $497.00M | $314.00M | $266.50 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 7.11% | 5.14% | 9.57% | 4.10% |
| 2024-12-31 | 6.33% | 0.99% | 1.90% | 1.48% |
| 2023-12-31 | 3.30% | 2.37% | 4.90% | -0.82% |
| 2022-12-31 | 9.16% | 5.18% | 11.61% | 12.25% |
| 2021-12-31 | 8.86% | 6.19% | 12.88% | 9.10% |
| 2020-12-31 | 8.06% | 3.97% | 7.39% | 6.79% |
| 2019-12-31 | 6.52% | 4.20% | 7.97% | 3.18% |
| 2018-12-31 | 8.35% | 0.05% | 0.09% | 7.31% |
| 2017-12-31 | 9.45% | 4.23% | 7.22% | 5.46% |
| 2016-12-31 | 9.24% | 5.84% | 9.89% | 6.90% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $1.23B | $977.00M |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.17B | $987.00M |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.03B | $997.00M |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.28B | $702.00M |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.49B | $708.00M |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.54B | $707.00M |
| 2019-12-31 | $1.56B | $730.00M |
| 2018-12-31 | $1.53B | $739.00M |
| 2017-12-31 | $1.69B | $482.00M |
| 2016-12-31 | $1.35B | $499.00M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $6.00M |
| 2024-12-31 | $8.00M |
| 2023-12-31 | $204.00M |
| 2022-12-31 | $202.00M |
| 2021-12-31 | $-368.00M |
| 2020-12-31 | $32.00M |
| 2019-12-31 | $-178.00M |
| 2018-12-31 | $76.00M |
| 2017-12-31 | $72.00M |
| 2016-12-31 | $269.00M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-08-14
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $9.00
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-08-14 | $2.25 |
| 2026-05-15 | $2.25 |
| 2026-02-23 | $2.25 |
| 2025-11-07 | $2.25 |
| 2025-08-08 | $2.25 |
| 2025-05-08 | $2.25 |
| 2025-02-24 | $2.25 |
| 2024-11-08 | $2.25 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-10-27
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Jun/2026 | - |
| 2026-05-05 | - | - |
| 2026-02-12 | - | - |
| 2025-10-28 | - | - |
| 2025-07-29 | - | - |
| 2025-07-28 | - | - |
| 2025-04-28 | - | - |
| 2025-02-13 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- seaboardcorp.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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