Seaboard/$SEB
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About Seaboard
Seaboard Corp is a diversified group of companies that operate in agricultural, energy, and ocean transport businesses. The company is engaged in hog production, biofuel production, and pork processing in the United States; commodity trading and grain processing in Africa and South America; cargo shipping services in the U.S., Caribbean and Central and South America; sugar and alcohol production in Argentina; and electric power generation in the Dominican Republic. It also has an equity method investment in Butterball, LLC, a producer and processor of turkey products. The group's operating segments are; pork, commodity trading and milling, marine, liquid fuels, power, turkey, and others. It operates in 45 countries, with a concentration in the Caribbean, Central and South American region.
- Ticker
- $SEB
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- AMEX
- Employees
- 14,000
- Headquarters
- Merriam, United States
- Website
- www.seaboardcorp.com
Seaboard Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$3.9B
6.21
$661.87
0.24
$9.00
0.22%
Price and volume
Market cap
$3.9B
Beta
0.24
52-week high
$5,989.37
52-week low
$3,140.01
Average daily volume
17K
Dividend rate
$9.00
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.403
Quick ratio
1.246
Long term debt to equity
0.222
Total debt to equity
0.358
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
1.42%
Interest coverage (TTM)
4.79%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
671
Gross margin (TTM)
8.05%
Net profit margin (TTM)
6.17%
Operating margin (TTM)
3.36%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
-5.27%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$730,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.61%
Return on equity (TTM)
12.33%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
6.211
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.383
Price to book
0.72
Price to tangible book (TTM)
0.74
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
-171.204
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-0.58%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
-24.011
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.22%
Forward dividend yield
0.22%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
8.17%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
362.18%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-0.58%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.66%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
23.79%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
12.43%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
11.61%
Bulls say / Bears say
Seaboard's first-half 2026 recovery is substantial: sales rose to $5.322bn from $4.796bn, operating income to $196m from $90m, and attributable earnings to $272m from $134m. If these gains persist, they show earnings can rebound sharply from weak conditions. (PR Newswire)
Butterball was a clear offset to pork weakness: second-quarter sales rose to $516m from $444m, while operating income rose to $59m from $31m. Management expects the Turkey segment to remain profitable for the rest of 2026, giving Seaboard a stronger earnings counterweight. (Swineweb)
The shares look inexpensive relative to reported earnings, while Seaboard held nearly $1.2bn of cash and short-term investments and $1.2bn of net working capital at the end of the second quarter. That liquidity can fund investment and cushion cyclical shocks. (EveryTicker, StockTitan)
Damage to the EDM III power barge left it non-operational for an undetermined period, and management said it was uncertain whether Power would be profitable for the rest of 2026. The replacement EDM IV project also requires further capital, raising execution and return risk. (StockTitan)
Pork sales fell as lower prices and reduced hog availability cut volumes, while higher unit costs squeezed margins. Management said it was uncertain whether Pork would remain profitable through the rest of 2026, leaving a major segment exposed to prices, disease and supply. (Swineweb)
Cash conversion weakened materially: operating cash flow was a $30m use in the first half of 2026 versus $61m provided a year earlier, largely because working capital absorbed $160m. This matters because Seaboard still planned about $305m of 2026 capital expenditure, increasing reliance on cash reserves, asset sales or borrowing. (StockTitan)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 18 Sept 2026.
Seaboard Financial Performance
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Upcoming events
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Funds containing Seaboard
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $SEB weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Agribusiness€ISAE | €512M | 0.27% |
iShares Agribusiness£SPAG | £439M | 0.27% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | £6.7B | 0.01% |
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