Seaboard Corp /De/
SEB NYSE Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Seaboard Corp /De/ does
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- Legal name
- SEABOARD CORP /DE/
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 12, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000088121-26-000012
0000088121
Revenue and margins
Seaboard Corp /De/ had $9.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 7.1% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $6.0M in fiscal 2025, 0.1% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Seaboard Corp /De/ returned $48.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 800% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.7%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Seaboard Corp /De/ can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $843M | $901M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β1.0x | β0.4x | 0.6x | β0.2x | β0.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.2x | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 35.2x | 16.4x | β1.5x | 2.2x | 3.4x |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.6x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.4x |
| Total assets | $7.5B | $7.9B | $7.6B | $7.7B | $8.2B |
| Total liabilities | $3.1B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $3.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.4B | $5.0B | $4.6B | $4.7B | $5.2B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β$648M | β$384M | $115M | β$89.0M | β$159M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.4% | 0.0% | β4.5% | 2.0% | β0.1% | 6.9% | β1.2% | β6.2% | β5.6% | β0.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 7.63 | 7.64 | 7.11 | 5.85 | 6.33 | 6.21 | 6.68 | 5.50 | 5.82 | 5.89 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $5.4B | $5.8B | $6.6B | $6.8B | $7.1B | $9.2B | $11.2B | $9.6B | $9.1B | $9.7B |
| Gross profit | $497M | $549M | $550M | $446M | $574M | $818M | $1.0B | $316M | $576M | $693M |
| Research and development | β | β | $77.0M | $143M | $134M | $191M | $210M | $361M | $113M | $64.0M |
| Operating income | $230M | $240M | $236M | $110M | $245M | $458M | $657M | β$87.0M | $156M | $239M |
| Interest expense | $29.0M | $29.0M | $44.0M | $36.0M | $19.0M | $13.0M | $40.0M | $58.0M | $72.0M | $70.0M |
| Pretax income | $384M | $427M | $11.0M | $290M | $286M | $636M | $579M | $107M | $246M | $410M |
| Income tax | $70.0M | $181M | $8.0M | $3.0M | $3.0M | $65.0M | β$3.0M | β$120M | $156M | β$91.0M |
| Net income | $314M | $246M | $3.0M | $287M | $283M | $571M | $582M | $227M | $90.0M | $501M |
| Net income to common | $312M | $247M | $3.0M | $287M | $283M | $570M | $580M | $226M | $88.0M | $496M |
| Diluted EPS | β | β | β | β | β | β | $499.66 | $202.21 | $90.62 | $514.46 |
| Diluted shares | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $427M | $245M | $238M | $171M | $291M | $92.0M | $676M | $710M | $519M | $568M |
| Capital expenditure | $158M | $173M | $162M | $349M | $259M | $460M | $474M | $506M | $511M | $562M |
| Free cash flow | $269M | $72.0M | $76.0M | β$178M | $32.0M | β$368M | $202M | $204M | $8.0M | $6.0M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $102M | $118M | $134M | $138M | $172M | $178M | $235M | $283M | $311M | $318M |
| Acquisitions | $219M | $54.0M | $264M | $7.0M | $27.0M | $7.0M | $58.0M | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | β | β | $5.0M | $17.0M | $13.0M | β | β | $600M | $8.0M | $39.0M |
| Dividends paid | β | $7.0M | $7.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $9.0M | $9.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | $7.0M | $12.0M | $27.0M | $23.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $610M | $17.0M | $48.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Total debt | $516M | $535M | $778M | $792M | $762M | $716M | $702M | $997M | $987M | $977M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $45.0M | $88.0M | $127M | $199M | $147M | $97.0M | $94.0M |
| Current assets | $2.8B | $3.1B | $3.0B | $3.4B | $3.4B | $4.0B | $4.0B | $3.4B | $3.5B | $3.6B |
| Current liabilities | $785M | $818M | $784M | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Inventory | $762M | $780M | $815M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Property and equipment, net | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.4B | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $19.0M | $22.0M | $167M | $164M | $167M | $163M | $154M | $160M | $164M | $168M |
| Intangible assets | $3.0M | $2.0M | $69.0M | $58.0M | $54.0M | $45.0M | $31.0M | $26.0M | $19.0M | β |
| Total assets | $4.8B | $5.2B | $5.3B | $6.3B | $6.4B | $7.5B | $7.9B | $7.6B | $7.7B | $8.2B |
| Total liabilities | $1.6B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $2.8B | $2.6B | $3.1B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $3.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.2B | $3.4B | $3.3B | $3.6B | $3.8B | $4.4B | $5.0B | $4.6B | $4.7B | $5.2B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 9.2% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.2% | 3.3% | 6.3% | 7.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3.4% | 5.0% | 5.8% | β0.9% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 6.2% | 6.2% | 5.6% | 3.6% | 5.9% | 6.9% | 7.9% | 2.0% | 5.1% | 5.7% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 5.2% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 5.1% |
| FCF margin | 5.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | β2.6% | 0.4% | β4.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 8.1% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 3.9% | 8.0% | 11.3% | 14.9% | β1.9% | 2.2% | 4.8% |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 7.7% | 10.3% | β1.4% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 7.5% | 0.1% | 8.3% | 7.6% | 13.9% | 12.4% | 4.7% | 1.9% | 10.1% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 5.0% | 0.1% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 8.2% | 7.6% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Return on tangible equity | 9.9% | 7.3% | 0.1% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 13.5% | 12.1% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 8.0% | 13.3% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 29.5% | 21.8% | β15.0% | β4.8% | 7.1% |
| Net income growth | β | β21.7% | β98.8% | 9,466.7% | β1.4% | 101.8% | 1.9% | β61.0% | β60.4% | 456.7% |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β59.5% | β55.2% | 467.7% |
| FCF growth | β | β73.2% | 5.6% | β334.2% | β | β1,250.0% | β | 1.0% | β96.1% | β25.0% |
| Share count change | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β3.7% | β13.1% | β0.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β2.5x | β3.2x | β2.0x | β2.9x | β1.7x | β1.0x | β0.4x | 0.6x | β0.2x | β0.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 7.9x | 8.3x | 5.4x | 3.1x | 12.9x | 35.2x | 16.4x | β1.5x | 2.2x | 3.4x |
| Current ratio | 3.6x | 3.8x | 3.9x | 2.9x | 3.1x | 2.6x | 2.6x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 2.7x | 2.9x | 2.8x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 5.1% | 3.6% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | 9.7% | 15.8% | β | 71.9% | β | 5.0% | 299.0% | 212.5% | 800.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.4% | 0.0% | β4.5% | 2.0% | β0.1% | 6.9% | β1.2% | β6.2% | β5.6% | β0.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000088121). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.