# Seaboard Corporation (SEB) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. AMEX, United States. Sector: Industrials / Industrial Conglomerates. Price $4323.58, market value $4.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 6.5×** (5-yr avg 13.7×, 3-yr avg 17.6×). Seaboard Corporation trades at 6.5× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 13.7×: cheap by its own standards. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **EV / EBITDA: 7.4×**. Enterprise value is 7.4× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -0.6%** (5-yr avg 0.4%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 15.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 15.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 8.1%**. Seaboard Corporation keeps 8.1% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Operating margin: 3.4%**. 3.4% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 5.1%**. 5.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 9.6%**. 9.6% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.5%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.5%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 7.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.7% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 7.1%** (3-yr -4.7%/yr, 5-yr 6.5%/yr). Revenue grew 7.1% over the last year, against 6.5% a year compounded over five years.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 467.7%** (3-yr 1.0%/yr, 5-yr 16.1%/yr). Earnings per share rose 467.7%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -69.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -69.0% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.19**. Debt is 0.19 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 1.2×**. It would take 1.2 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.99**. A Z-score of 2.99 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 7/9**. 7 of 9 fundamental checks pass: strong and improving financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.21%** ($9.00 per share, trailing). Seaboard Corporation yields 0.21%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 2%**. 2% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 9**. 9 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 9.6%** (YTD -2.6%, 3-mo -20.4%). The shares are up 9.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -27.8%** (37.7% above the low). Trading 28% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 53**. An RSI of 53 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): -0.05** (volatility 38%). Beta of -0.05 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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