Seaboard Corp /De/
SEB NYSE· Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$3,888.08
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Seaboard Corp /De/ had $9.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 7.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.5% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 2.5%, up 0.7 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 2 is left after running the business.
- Seaboard Corp /De/ made $501M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $6.0M in fiscal 2025, 0.1% of revenue.
- Seaboard Corp /De/ returned $48.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 800% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.7%.
- Seaboard Corp /De/ has $159M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$3.7B
P/E
5.9x
Revenue
$9.7B
Net income
$501M
Free cash flow
$6.0M
Operating margin
2.5%
Seaboard Corp /De/ in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+7.1%
Yes. Sales grew 7.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
5.1%
A little. It keeps 5.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
0.1%
Partly. 0.1% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
7 / 9
Solid. It passes 7 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
5.9x
One share costs 5.9 times its yearly profit per share.
What Seaboard Corp /De/ does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 12, 2026
- Legal name
- SEABOARD CORP /DE/
- CIK
- 0000088121
Seaboard Corp /De/ · SEB
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $9.2B | $11.2B | $9.6B | $9.1B | $9.7B |
| Revenue growth | 29.5% | 21.8% | −15.0% | −4.8% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 9.2% | 3.3% | 6.3% | 7.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 5.8% | −0.9% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Net income | $571M | $582M | $227M | $90.0M | $501M |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 5.2% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 5.1% |
| Diluted EPS | — | $499.66 | $202.21 | $90.62 | $514.46 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $92.0M | $676M | $710M | $519M | $568M |
| Capital expenditure | $460M | $474M | $506M | $511M | $562M |
| Free cash flow | −$368M | $202M | $204M | $8.0M | $6.0M |
| FCF margin | −4.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Dividends paid | $10.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $9.0M | $9.0M |
| Share buybacks | — | — | $600M | $8.0M | $39.0M |
| Share count change | — | — | −3.7% | −13.1% | −0.7% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| 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 |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.4B | $5.0B | $4.6B | $4.7B | $5.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.0x | −0.4x | 0.6x | −0.2x | −0.3x |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.6x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.4x |
| Interest coverage | 35.2x | 16.4x | −1.5x | 2.2x | 3.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 11.3% | 14.9% | −1.9% | 2.2% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 13.9% | 12.4% | 4.7% | 1.9% | 10.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 13.5% | 12.1% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Seaboard Corp /De/ · SEB
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $3,888.08 a share, the company is worth $3.7B: 5.9 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000088121). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.