Seaboard Corporation

SEB Industrials Conglomerates

Seaboard Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.7 billion, up 7.10% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.09%
EPS
−73.4%
Free cash flow
+6.17%
Total debt
+12.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

3,642.69 227.22 +6.65%
Market cap
$3.3B
P/E
5.9×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
0.26%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.38
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
82/100

Seaboard Corporation (SEB) Return on assets

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Seaboard Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.61%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.23%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.06% (fiscal 2018) to 8.20% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Conglomerates industry median of 0.06% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 6.23% 5.07
FY2024 1.16% (1.76)
FY2023 2.92% (4.61)
FY2022 7.53% (0.67)
FY2021 8.20% 3.76
FY2020 4.44% (0.48)
FY2019 4.92% 4.86
FY2018 0.06% (4.92)
FY2017 4.98% (1.81)
FY2016 6.79% 2.58

Against its own ten years

Low 0.06% High 8.20%
Ten-year median 4.92%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
VMI Valmont Industries, Inc. compare 15.3%
PAM Pampa Energia S.A. compare 9.42%
SEB Seaboard Corporation 6.61%
GHC Graham Holdings Company compare 6.12%
OTTR Otter Tail Corporation compare 4.30%
DLX Deluxe Corporation compare 2.72%
BBUC Brookfield Business Partners L.P. compare −0.07%
FBYD Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. compare −2.43%
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings compare −3.15%
Conglomerates industry median 0.06%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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