SEBSeaboard Corporation
$3,538.01+7.0% 1Y
$3,538.01
$3.4K52 weeks$6.0K
The business
How SEB's business earns
Seaboard Corporation earns 3.8% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
3.8%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 5.2 points below the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 2.6%
Operating margin · Conglomerates median 6.9% · 12 months to Oct 3, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.96×
Cash conversion · 2.43× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −0.09%
Share count, year on year · within 1% of a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3.4% |
| FY2021 | 5.0% |
| FY2022 | 5.8% |
| FY2023 | −0.91% |
| FY2024 | 1.7% |
| FY2025 | 2.5% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Oct 3, 2026
- 7.2%
- Operating margin12 months to Oct 3, 2026
- 2.6%
- Net margin12 months to Oct 3, 2026
- 5.3%
- Free cash flow margin
- −0.10%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $10.5B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$10M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $558M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 3.8%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Conglomerates
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