Seneca Foods Corporation
Rank #433Op. LeverageSENEA · Nasdaq · Consumer Defensive
Seneca Foods Corporation (SENEA) — Rank #433 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.12) · ROE 5.3% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000088948 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Seneca Foods Corporation provides packaged fruits and vegetables in the United States and internationally.
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The company offers canned, frozen, and jarred fruits and vegetables; and packaged snack chips and other food products under the private label, as well as under various national and regional brands that the company owns or licenses, including Aunt Nellie's, CherryMan, Green Giant, Green Valley, Libby's, READ, and Seneca. In addition, it packs canned and frozen vegetables. Further, the company engages in the sale of cans, ends, and seeds, as well as aircraft operations. It provides its products to grocery outlets, including supermarkets, mass merchandisers, limited assortment stores, club stores, and dollar stores; specialty retailers; and food service distributors, restaurant chains, industrial markets, other food packagers, and export customers in approximately 55 countries, as well as federal, state, and local governments for school and other feeding programs.
Seneca Foods Corporation was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Fairport, New York.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- State
- NY
- Filer Category
- Accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- March 31
- Website
- senecafoods.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
$1.24B
P/E (annual)
31.0
P/S (annual)
0.8
P/B
1.6
P/OCF (annual)
3.7
Shareholder Yield
-70724.0%
Employees
2,900
Industry
Packaged Foods
Exchange
Nasdaq
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
1/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
What Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
-14.6%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Dilution drag: 70724.0% — per-share value needs a total required return of 70709.4% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 4.2%
within its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
-17.5%
r = 10% (base)
-14.6%
r = 12%
-12.1%
Net debt / market cap: 10.2%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
Disclosure regression check
A previously-disclosed line item is no longer reported. Worth checking the filing for why.
Operating margin expansion and free cash flow are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.12
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
15th of 18 SIC 20 peers
Return on equity
5.3%
Gross margin
9.5%
15th of 18 SIC 20 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
25.1%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
—
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
—
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
-3.7%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.63
8th of 18 SIC 20 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
3.77×
3rd of 18 SIC 20 peers
Quick ratio
0.85×
Net cash
-$130.18M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$298.25M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
6.23
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.0%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.0 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
7 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).
Lifecycle Phase History
Lynch sell alert: Turnaround stalled
Classified startup for 2 consecutive fiscal years (2017-03-31, 2018-03-31) with no recovery to a healthier phase -- Lynch's turnaround rule: if it hasn't turned around by now, assume it isn't going to.