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Seaboard

Runs decentralized pork, commodity-trading, shipping, renewable-fuels and Dominican power businesses.

$3,913.21
After-hours close+9.70 (+0.25%)
At close$3,903.51(−1.17%)
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Profile

Seaboard CorporationSEBIndustrials

Sells pork, commodities and milled food, container shipping, renewable fuels and Dominican power through separately managed businesses. Revenue comes mainly from CT&M’s commodity-trading and milling operation, while family control and joint ventures centralize ownership and decentralize operations.

Combines vertically integrated pork production and processing, grain and oilseed trading and milling through CT&M, and container shipping through Seaboard Marine. The portfolio also includes biodiesel and renewable diesel, Dominican floating power generation, a non-controlling Butterball interest, and Argentine sugar and alcohol operations.

Operates across the Americas, while CT&M maintains trading, milling and processing assets principally in Africa and South America. Decentralized segment teams connect trading, mills, vessels, processing assets and fuel plants; pork fat supplies some liquid-fuels inputs, and CT&M joins procurement, commodities, milling and ocean logistics.

Depends on commodity and feedstock economics, trade and shipping access, policy-driven environmental credits, and Dominican dispatch rules and government-owned power buyers. Bresky-family entities control most common shares, and several material businesses are affiliates with shared governance.

Company facts

CEORobert L. Steer
ListedFeb 22, 1973
ExchangeAMEX
HeadquartersMerriam, KS
CountryUnited States
Employees14,000
CIK0000088121
ISINUS8115431079

Key statistics

Market cap$3.75B
EPS (ttm)$661.92
P/E (ttm)5.91
ROE12.1%
P/B0.6832
P/S0.3649
Dividend yield0.23%
Beta−0.07vs XLI 0.18

Year to date −11.7% · Average volume (30d) 14.9K

Analysts

No analyst consensus on record.

Earnings

EPS

Estimate
ReportedDue Oct 27, 2026

Revenue

Estimate
ReportedDue Oct 27, 2026

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 4, 2026Q2 FY26$1.60$2.92B−0.03%
May 5, 2026Q1 FY26$1.24$2.40B−13.77%
Feb 12, 2026Q4 FY25$2.64$2.41B−3.83%
Oct 28, 2025Q3 FY25$113.71$2.54B−1.89%
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Financial highlights

11 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$2.32B$2.48B$2.54B$2.41B$2.40B$2.92B
Gross profit$142.0M$162.0M$194.0M$179.0M$223.0M$221.0M
Operating income$38.0M$52.0M$84.0M$53.0M$102.0M$100.0M
Net income$32.0M$102.0M$110.0M$252.0M$119.0M$153.0M
Diluted EPS$32.95$105.22$113.71$264.23$124.24$159.74
Gross margin6.1%6.5%7.6%7.4%9.3%7.6%
Operating margin1.6%2.1%3.3%2.2%4.3%3.4%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY24 $9.10B · FY25 $9.75B

Revenue by product · Q2 FY26

Product$2.42B · 71%
Service$428.0M · 13%
Transportation$409.0M · 12%
Energy Service$74.0M · 2%
Product And Service, Other$74.0M · 2%

Revenue by geography · FY25

Caribbean Central And South America$4.39B · 45%
Africa$2.54B · 26%
United States$2.14B · 22%
Segment Geographical Groups Of Countries Group Three$341.0M · 3%
Segment Geographical Groups Of Countries Group Four$227.0M · 2%
Segment Geographical Groups Of Countries Group Six$82.0M · 1%
All Other Countries$19.0M · 0%

Balance sheet, Jul 4, 2026Cash & short-term investments $1.21B · Total debt $1.60B · Total assets $8.68B · Shareholders' equity $5.49B

Dividends

Next ex-date
Nov 14, 2026
estimated · in 77 days
Annual dividend
$9.00
per share
Dividend yield
0.23%
Schedule
Quarterly
4 payments a year

Raised for 8 straight years. To collect a payout, hold shares through the close before the ex-date.

History

Ex-dateRecordPaidAmountNote
Aug 14, 2026Aug 14Aug 24$2.25
May 15, 2026May 15May 25$2.25
Feb 23, 2026Feb 23Mar 5$2.25
Nov 7, 2025Nov 7Nov 17$2.25
Aug 8, 2025Aug 8Aug 18$2.25
May 8, 2025May 8May 19$2.25
Feb 24, 2025Feb 24Mar 6$2.25
Nov 8, 2024Nov 8Nov 18$2.25
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Ownership

Institutions 166.44%Insiders

Shares outstanding 957.8K · Float 243.5K · 25.4% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP47.8K5.00%13FAug 11, 2026
BlackRock, Inc.23.8K2.49%13FAug 7, 2026
AQR Capital Management LLC19.2K2.01%13FAug 14, 2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC17.8K1.85%13FAug 13, 2026
Vanguard Capital Management LLC11.1K1.16%13FAug 13, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

Nothing filed in the last 12 months.

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Peers

  • Bunge

    Global grain origination, trading and milling rival.

  • Archer Daniels Midland

    Global crop supply-chain and commodity-processing rival.

  • Smithfield Foods

    Large U.S. fresh-pork and packaged-meat competitor.

  • JBS

    Scale U.S. pork processor serving retail and foodservice.

  • Tyson Foods

    Large U.S. pork processor with branded protein reach.

  • Valero Energy

    Large renewable-diesel producer competing in U.S. low-carbon fuels.

  • AES

    Dominican power-generation rival with gas and renewable assets.

CompareAfter-hours close

CompanyPriceChange
Seaboard$3,913.21+0.25%$3.75B5.90.4+17.8%
Bunge$115.30−0.13%$22.19B22.410.80.2+88.3%
Archer Daniels Midland$81.68+0.17%$39.30B22.314.10.5+7.1%
Smithfield Foods$21.95+0.05%$8.63B8.29.10.6−2.3%
JBS$13.48−0.74%$30.14B11.415.80.4+9.1%
Tyson Foods$55.46+0.09%$19.64B34.012.60.4−0.1%
Valero Energy$352.97+0.19%$101.45B14.68.30.8+48.8%
AES$14.720.00%$10.50B5.67.60.8+19.9%
Median14.610.80.5+9.1%