Stocks · Industrials · Conglomerates
Seaboard Corporation SEB
$4,024.28 +1.85% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $3.85B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $661.92, up 361.8% year over year.
- The shares trade at 6.1× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 43%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Interest coverTop 45%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 44%
- 6-month returnBottom 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 25%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 50%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.6% | 8.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 501.9% | 361.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 7.0% | 8.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.2% | -0.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.2% | 6.6% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 361.8% | 501.9% | ↓ | Top 2% |
| Gross margin | 8.0% | 7.0% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 2.5% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.2% | 0.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | — | Bottom 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.7% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.75×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.93×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.23%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.39%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -6.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | — | -0.0% | -3.5% | -11.0% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | — | +1.8% | -17.8% | -5.9% | -19.3% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | — | +0.3% | -12.6% | -10.3% | -18.5% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | — | -1.2% | +8.4% | +32.3% | +46.9% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | — | +1.9% | +8.1% | +18.0% | +9.8% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | — | -2.6% | +0.5% | -0.5% | +20.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | — | -1.8% | +9.5% | -0.0% | -5.7% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | — | -0.7% | -8.9% | -10.0% | -14.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $1.60 | — | — | $2.92B |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.24 | — | — | $2.40B |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $2.64 | — | — | $2.41B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $113.71 | — | — | $2.54B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $105.22 | — | — | $2.48B |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $32.95 | — | — | $2.32B |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $158.58 | — | — | $2.48B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | -$153.44 | — | — | $2.22B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.1× | 10.0× | 5th | Top 1% |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.0× | — | — | Top 7% |
| EV / Sales | 0.52× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.60% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | 16.45% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.7× – 28.9× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +8.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +361.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -70.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.5%
- RSI (14)
- 42.4
- Relative volume
- 0.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.02
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2022 | Dec 30, 2024 | -44.4% | 686 days | 226 days (Nov 24, 2025) |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | -34.4% | 99 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Feb 18, 2022 | -15.7% | 89 days | 32 days (Apr 6, 2022) |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | -14.4% | 38 days | 44 days (Mar 8, 2021) |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | -13.0% | 16 days | 16 days (Mar 31, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.85B
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $661.92
- Revenue (TTM)
- $10.27B
- Dividend yield
- 0.22%
- 52-week range
- $3,140.01 – $5,989.37
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.23B | $11.24B | $9.56B | $9.10B | $9.75B |
| Gross profit | $818.0M | $1.03B | $316.0M | $576.0M | $677.0M |
| Operating income | $458.0M | $657.0M | -$87.0M | $156.0M | $227.0M |
| Net income | $570.0M | $580.0M | $226.0M | $88.0M | $496.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $491.05 | $499.66 | $202.21 | $90.62 | $516.11 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.22B | $2.48B | $2.32B | $2.48B | $2.54B | $2.41B | $2.40B | $2.92B |
| Net income | -$149.0M | $154.0M | $32.0M | $102.0M | $110.0M | $252.0M | $119.0M | $153.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$153.44 | $158.59 | $32.95 | $105.22 | $113.71 | $264.23 | $124.24 | $159.74 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $92.0M | $676.0M | $710.0M | $519.0M | $568.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$460.0M | -$474.0M | -$506.0M | -$511.0M | -$562.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$368.0M | $202.0M | $204.0M | $8.0M | $6.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$10.0M | -$10.0M | -$10.0M | -$117.0M | -$9.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | -$600.0M | -$8.0M | -$39.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.21B
- Total assets
- $8.68B
- Total liabilities
- $3.17B
- Total debt
- $1.59B
- Net debt
- $1.45B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $5.49B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $2.25 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $2.25 | May 25, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $2.25 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $2.25 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $2.25 | Aug 18, 2025 |
| May 8, 2025 | $2.25 | May 19, 2025 |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $2.25 | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $2.25 | Nov 18, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 19,488
- Days to cover
- 1.27
- Change vs previous report
- -15.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.