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3M Company (MMM) vs Seaboard Corporation (SEB)

3M Company and Seaboard Corporation are both Conglomerates companies. 3M Company is the larger, with a market value of $84.4B against $3.9B — 21.7× the size. Seaboard Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 6.0× against 28.3×. Seaboard Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.17% against 2.35%. 3M Company has the higher net margin (11.9% vs 6.17%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.6% vs 3.66%). Both pay a dividend; 3M Company yields more (1.92% vs 0.23%). Across the 23 metrics below, Seaboard Corporation leads on 13 and 3M Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric MMM SEB Conglomerates median
P/E 28.26 6.01 17.97
P/S 3.30 0.37 0.85
P/B 27.66 0.69 1.50
Price to free cash flow 20.41 200.47 12.94
EV/EBITDA 15.36 6.25 11.24
EV/Sales 3.67 0.41 1.29
Earnings yield 3.54% 16.65% 0.33%
Free cash flow yield 4.90% 0.50% (0.73%)

Profitability

Metric MMM SEB Conglomerates median
Gross margin 39.40% 8.05% 33.55%
Operating margin 18.36% 3.36% 2.86%
Net margin 11.90% 6.17% 0.49%
Free cash flow margin 16.18% 0.18% (0.47%)
Return on equity 81.48% 12.23% 0.27%
Return on assets 8.22% 7.67% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 23.64% 3.66% 1.29%

Growth

Metric MMM SEB Conglomerates median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.35% 8.17% 8.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (20.53%) 467.71% (8.46%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.97%) 6.46% 6.01%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.82%) 11.88% 0.00%

Health

Metric MMM SEB Conglomerates median
Debt to equity 4.18 0.29 0.51
Current ratio 1.24 2.40 1.77
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 0.37 1.29

Dividend

Metric MMM SEB Conglomerates median
Dividend yield 1.92% 0.23% 3.05%
Payout ratio 0.55 0.01 0.30

Size

Metric MMM SEB Conglomerates median
Market cap 84.36b 3.89b 470.57m

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