Seaboard (SEB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Seaboard Corporation is a diversified agribusiness and transportation company headquartered in Merriam, Kansas. Its operations span several industries, including pork production, commodity trading, marine transportation, sugar production, power generation and turkey processing.

Through Seaboard Foods, the company produces and processes pork in the United States, operating farms, feed mills and processing facilities. Its international trading activities involve commodities such as grain, feed ingredients and sugar. Seaboard Marine provides containerized ocean transportation services, primarily serving trade routes between the United States, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

Seaboard also owns or invests in sugar and power businesses in international markets and has interests in turkey production and processing. The company’s operations and investments extend across North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.

Seaboard traces its origins to 1918 and has developed from a U.S. grain and milling business into a diversified global enterprise. Steven J. Bresky has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4,019.62 to $4,077.83
• 50-Day Range: $3,910.25 to $4,610.47
• 52-Week Range: $3,140.01 to $5,989.37
• Volume: 1,517 shs
• Average Volume: 14,004 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.88 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6.11
• Dividend Yield: 0.22%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Seaboard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Seaboard scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Seaboard.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Seaboard is 6.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Seaboard is 6.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.98.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Seaboard has a P/B Ratio of 0.74. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.02% of the float of Seaboard has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Seaboard has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.27, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Seaboard has recently decreased by 15.38%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Seaboard has a dividend yield of 0.22%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Seaboard does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Seaboard is 9.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Seaboard has a news sentiment score of 1.82. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Seaboard this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Seaboard to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Seaboard insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

74.60% of the stock of Seaboard is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

22.57% of the stock of Seaboard is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 8/24 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/24 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/24/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSEAMERICAN
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NYSEAMERICAN:SEB
• Previous Symbol: NYSEMKT:SEB
• CIK: 88121
• Web: www.seaboardcorp.com
• Phone: (913) 676-8800
• Fax: 913-676-8872
• Employees: 14,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $90.62
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.11
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $496 million
• Net Margins: 6.17%
• Pretax Margin: 5.91%
• Return on Equity: 12.03%
• Return on Assets: 7.61%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.18
• Current Ratio: 2.40
• Quick Ratio: 1.33

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.40
• Cash Flow: $852.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.74
• Book Value: $5,464.79 per share
• Price / Book: 0.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 960,000
• Free Float: 243,000
• Market Cap: $3.88 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.21