Seaboard Corp. SEB
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What this company does
Written from the business description in SEABOARD CORP /DE/'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +6.5% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +12.1%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.
The 17-year record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Operating income $B | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| EBITDA $B | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Income tax $B | −0.1 | 0.2 | −0.1 | −0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −0.0 |
| Net income $B | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Free cash flow $B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.4 | 0.0 | −0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 514.46 | 90.62 | 202.21 | 499.66 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Dividend / sh $ | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | 12.00 | ◌ | 9.00 | 3.00 |
| Payout % | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 233 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 4 | 4 |
| ROE % | 10.1 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 14.1 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 5.9 |
| Shares out B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ◌ |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 16 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. 1 of those reconciliations are divergences — the figures exist but don't fit the formula this check expects; that isn't the same as an error. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.