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Seaboard Corporation

Ticker SEBSHAWNEE MISSION, KSFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $5755.93Diluted shares 957.8K

Seaboard Corporation (NYSE American: SEB) is a diversified, worldwide operator of agricultural, energy and ocean transportation businesses, serving food processors, foodservice companies, retailers, commodity buyers and power distributors. Its six reportable segments are Pork, which raises hogs and processes and… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Oct 3, 2026, Seaboard Corporation reported revenue of $10.50B, up 7.0% from a year earlier, and net income of $558.00M. Its operating margin was 2.6%, and operations generated $424.00M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $9.75B, up 7.1% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $501.00M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-10-03
Sales & profitability
$9.75BFY2025
+7.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $10.50B
2.45%FY2025
+0.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo 2.61%
$501.00MFY2025
+456.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $558.00M
9.52%FY2025
+7.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo 10.03%
Cash & financing
$568.00MFY2025
+9.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $424.00M
$6.00MFY2025
−25.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $-10.00M
0.28FY2025
Was 0.28× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.30
964.1KFY2025
−0.7% year over year
Last 12 mo 957.8K

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Seaboard Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Seaboard Corporation (NYSE American: SEB) is a diversified, worldwide operator of agricultural, energy and ocean transportation businesses, serving food processors, foodservice companies, retailers, commodity buyers and power distributors. Its six reportable segments are Pork, which raises hogs and processes and markets pork; Commodity Trading and Milling, which trades grains and oilseeds and produces flour, animal feed and other products; Marine, which provides cargo shipping and intermodal services; Liquid Fuels, which produces biodiesel and renewable diesel; Power, which generates electricity for the Dominican Republic grid; and Turkey, representing its investment in turkey producer Butterball. Other operations include sugar and alcohol production in Argentina. Seaboard’s businesses span more than 45 countries and are managed with substantial decentralization. The company was founded as a flour brokerage in 1918 and has since expanded into its current range of industries. It had approximately 14,000 employees as of December 31, 2025. Its brands include Prairie Fresh, Seaboard Marine, Seaboard Energy, Mothers Pride and Butterball. Its website is www.seaboardcorp.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry (SIC)
Wholesale
Headquarters
SHAWNEE MISSION, KS
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
88121
SIC
5150

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-1.12B$2.25B$5.62B$8.99B$12.37B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Seaboard Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

199
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$551.80M
held by funds, at market
11.1%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Seaboard Corporation’s weight in each

U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO
DFSVX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio
DFFVX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF
DFAT · Dimensional ETF Trust
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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