Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Seneca Foods Corporation SENEA
$177.66 +0.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.21B
Strong growthStrong trendInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $17.32, up 178.1% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 652 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned +62.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 47.5 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive 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 19%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginBottom 14%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
- Interest coverTop 38%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 4%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 29%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 2%
- 6-month returnTop 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 5%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 12%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 50%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.1% | 12.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 182.1% | 178.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 13.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 8.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 19.2% | 13.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.5% | 5.1% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 178.1% | 182.1% | ↓ | Top 4% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 9.5% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 4.8% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 2.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.0% | 19.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.2% | — | Top 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.35×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.7%
- 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.
- -21.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.13%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 7
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -24.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 8 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -2.4% | -2.4% | +10.3% | +21.4% | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | — | +0.9% | +5.4% | +19.4% | +32.3% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | — | +1.3% | +3.8% | +20.1% | +16.5% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | — | -1.7% | +12.1% | +14.9% | +18.2% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -70.5% | -0.1% | +2.6% | +9.4% | +6.0% |
| Jun 12, 2025 | — | +0.7% | -3.4% | +9.1% | +20.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | — | +0.1% | +6.2% | +16.7% | +20.7% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | — | +5.8% | +2.7% | +14.4% | +14.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $2.85 | $2.92 | -2.4% | $405.2M |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $3.67 | — | — | $393.8M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $6.19 | — | — | $508.3M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $3.46 | — | — | $460.0M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.86 | $2.92 | -70.5% | $297.5M |
| Jun 12, 2025 | $1.37 | — | — | $345.8M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $3.29 | — | — | $502.9M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $3.52 | — | — | $425.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 10.3× | 9.2× | 57th | Top 4% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | — | — | Top 11% |
| EV / Sales | 0.77× | — | — | Top 29% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 18.91% | — | — | Top 7% |
| Earnings yield | 9.75% | — | — | Top 4% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.7× – 16.5× 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
- +62.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +178.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -41.7%
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
- 652
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.3%
- RSI (14)
- 41.4
- Relative volume
- 1.93×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 56th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.18
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.07
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -22.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2022 | Jun 30, 2023 | -51.3% | 141 days | 341 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | -30.4% | 185 days | 173 days (Aug 9, 2022) |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Sep 8, 2022 | -22.4% | 19 days | 36 days (Oct 28, 2022) |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 | -21.0% | 4 days | 40 days (Jun 12, 2026) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | -17.3% | 10 days | 8 days (Nov 17, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.21B
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $17.32
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.77B
- 52-week range
- $99.58 – $210.00
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.39B | $1.51B | $1.46B | $1.58B | $1.66B |
| Gross profit | $141.6M | $104.3M | $188.2M | $150.2M | $231.2M |
| Operating income | $64.0M | $21.4M | $107.2M | $77.8M | $148.4M |
| Net income | $46.2M | $9.2M | $63.3M | $41.2M | $114.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.24 | $1.16 | $8.56 | $5.90 | $16.59 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $425.5M | $502.9M | $345.8M | $297.5M | $460.0M | $508.3M | $393.8M | $405.2M |
| Net income | $13.3M | $14.7M | $601,000 | $14.9M | $29.7M | $44.8M | $25.3M | $19.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.90 | $2.10 | $0.09 | $2.14 | $4.29 | $6.48 | $3.70 | $2.85 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $30.2M | -$212.8M | -$83.0M | $335.5M | $224.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$53.4M | -$70.6M | -$36.6M | -$37.2M | -$44.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$23.2M | -$283.4M | -$119.6M | $298.3M | $180.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$38.8M | -$41.2M | -$33.0M | -$11.6M | -$16.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $86.9M
- Total assets
- $1.26B
- Total liabilities
- $488.3M
- Total debt
- $226.3M
- Net debt
- $139.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $774.5M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 248,882
- Days to cover
- 2.59
- Change vs previous report
- +18.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.