Seaboard Corporation
Rank #433Capital ReturnSEB · NYSE · Industrials
Seaboard Corporation (SEB) — Rank #433 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.08) · ROE 9.0% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-28 · CIK 0000088121 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Seaboard Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in agricultural, energy, and ocean transportation business worldwide.
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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.
- Industry
- Conglomerates
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- seaboardcorp.com
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
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P/E (annual)
—
P/S (annual)
—
P/B
—
P/OCF (annual)
—
Shareholder Yield
—
Employees
14,000
Industry
Conglomerates
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
2/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 0/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.08
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
5th of 5 SIC 51 peers
Return on equity
9.0%
Gross margin
7.1%
5th of 5 SIC 51 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.1%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
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Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
-4.7%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
6.5%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
-5.1%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
-69.0%
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.58
Current ratio
2.40×
4th of 5 SIC 51 peers
Quick ratio
1.16×
Net cash
$449.00M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Recession resistance
Revenue through recessions
Worst single-year YoY revenue decline, 17 years of history
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$6.00M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
-0.99
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
—
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
2.0 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
7 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).