Seneca Foods (SENEA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Seneca Foods Corporation is a food processor and packaged-food company headquartered in Marion, New York. Founded in 1949, the company processes and distributes fruits and vegetables for retail, foodservice, and industrial customers.

Its product portfolio includes canned and frozen vegetables, canned fruits, applesauce, fruit snacks, and other shelf-stable and frozen food products. Seneca sells products under its own brands, including Seneca, as well as private-label brands for retailers and foodservice operators. The company also supplies processed fruit and vegetable ingredients to commercial food manufacturers.

Seneca operates processing and distribution facilities in the United States and serves customers primarily across North American retail, foodservice, and industrial markets. Its business is supported by relationships with growers and agricultural suppliers, as well as capabilities in food processing, packaging, and distribution.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $179.95 to $185.06
• 50-Day Range: $166.58 to $207.30
• 52-Week Range: $99.58 to $210.00
• Volume: 75,266 shs
• Average Volume: 101,764 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.50
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Seneca Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Seneca Foods scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 125th out of 168 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Seneca Foods has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Seneca Foods has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Seneca Foods is 10.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Seneca Foods is 10.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 12.10.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Seneca Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.19% of the float of Seneca Foods has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Seneca Foods has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.25, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Seneca Foods has recently increased by 29.65%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Seneca Foods does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Seneca Foods does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.79

News Sentiment

Seneca Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.79. 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 0.58 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Seneca Foods this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Seneca Foods to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Seneca Foods insiders have sold 8,496.32% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $3,806.00 in company stock and sold $327,176.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.24% of the stock of Seneca Foods is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

42.51% of the stock of Seneca Foods is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SENEA
• CIK: 88948
• Web: www.senecafoods.com
• Phone: (315) 926-8100
• Fax: 315-926-8300
• Employees: 2,995
• Year Founded: 1949

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $17.31
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $114.67 million
• Net Margins: 6.75%
• Pretax Margin: 8.79%
• Return on Equity: 14.96%
• Return on Assets: 8.56%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.26
• Current Ratio: 3.77
• Quick Ratio: 0.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.66 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.74
• Cash Flow: $20.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.73
• Book Value: $111.71 per share
• Price / Book: 1.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,770,000
• Free Float: 6,213,000
• Market Cap: $1.23 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.03