Seaboard Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67.7 | 21.4 | 12.0 | 1,766.4 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 26.7 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 18.1 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 14.8 | 20.9 | – | 17.3 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 17.7 | 26.8 | 8.6 | |
| 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
| 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| 7.6 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 25.0 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 26.1 | 8.0 | 9.3 | |
| – | 18.4 | 11.6 | – | – | 4.4 | – | 5.9 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 11.3 | – | – | 8.7 | 10.3 | 68.2 | 29.6 | – | 19.6 | 12.2 | 17.2 | 71.7 | 54.5 | – | 110.0 | – | 21.7 | 19.6 | 294.9 | 714.2 | |
| -46.7% | 5.4% | 8.6% | -40.0% | -50.6% | 22.9% | -34.0% | 17.0% | 12.8% | 14.0% | 8.9% | -1.1% | -1.7% | 11.5% | 9.7% | 1.5% | 3.4% | -0.7% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 1.8% | -3.6% | 0.9% | -8.1% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13.6% | 15.5% | 15.4% | 13.2% | 14.4% | 12.7% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 14.1% | 17.1% | 16.8% | 10.6% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 12.0% | 10.9% | 9.1% | 7.0% | 10.5% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.2% | 3.3% | 6.3% | 6.9% | |
| 1.4% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 6.3% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 9.4% | 11.9% | 11.0% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 6.6% | 2.3% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3.4% | 5.0% | 5.8% | -0.9% | 1.7% | 2.3% | |
| 0.4% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 6.2% | 3.0% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 6.3% | 9.9% | 9.6% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 5.8% | 4.3% | -0.3% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 5.2% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 5.1% | |
| -12.5% | 2.0% | 3.0% | -11.2% | -7.4% | 5.8% | -6.7% | 3.0% | 6.0% | 9.9% | 7.3% | -0.6% | -0.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 0.6% | 1.7% | -0.4% | 3.9% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | -2.6% | 0.4% | -4.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.6% | 7.7% | 11.6% | 0.0% | 18.3% | 10.1% | 2.8% | 6.1% | 24.3% | 27.3% | 21.5% | 13.4% | 10.1% | 6.0% | 16.0% | 16.6% | 12.3% | 8.3% | 13.4% | 5.9% | 9.9% | 7.3% | -0.5% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 12.9% | 11.6% | 4.9% | 1.9% | 9.5% | |
| 0.6% | 2.7% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 7.5% | 4.3% | 1.1% | 2.4% | 11.7% | 14.7% | 13.2% | 8.7% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 8.4% | 6.0% | 9.9% | 3.9% | 6.6% | 4.8% | -0.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 7.6% | 7.3% | 3.0% | 1.1% | 6.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 146 | 156 | 157 | 222 | 408 | 326 | 427 | 417 | 310 | 321 | 233 | 175 | 242 | 98 | 131 | 102 | 127 | 105 | 39 | 613 | 560 | 581 | 732 | 1,022 | 1,029 | 1,320 | 1,116 | 1,313 | 1,366 | 1,370 | |
| 2.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | |
| 36.8% | 35.5% | 36.8% | 34.9% | 41.2% | 42.7% | 38.0% | 39.3% | 48.2% | 53.8% | 61.3% | 64.7% | 62.6% | 66.0% | 64.9% | 69.1% | 68.8% | 72.4% | 73.9% | 64.9% | 66.5% | 65.8% | 62.5% | 54.7% | 58.0% | 58.9% | 63.2% | 61.0% | 61.7% | 63.2% | |
| 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.93 | 20.55 | 35.25 | 0.11 | 66.49 | 35.83 | 9.08 | 25.37 | 133.94 | 211.94 | 205.09 | 144.15 | 118.08 | 74.74 | 231.69 | 284.66 | 234.54 | 171.92 | 309.96 | 146.09 | 266.54 | 211.01 | -14.52 | 246.19 | 243.64 | 491.05 | 499.66 | 202.21 | 90.62 | 514.46 | |
| 992.26 | 1,195.59 | 1,197.49 | 690.41 | 1,064.61 | 1,213.00 | 1,229.77 | 1,578.69 | 2,138.54 | 2,137.09 | 2,146.40 | 2,554.49 | 3,430.15 | 2,910.26 | 3,582.82 | 4,730.22 | 5,141.77 | 5,587.54 | 5,492.91 | 4,778.95 | 4,595.28 | 4,962.62 | 5,624.09 | 5,867.43 | 6,135.03 | 7,950.70 | 9,685.74 | 8,555.56 | 9,371.25 | 10,108.77 | |
| 250.64 | 267.96 | 302.62 | 246.62 | 363.47 | 354.37 | 327.21 | 414.77 | 551.91 | 777.20 | 953.97 | 1,076.58 | 1,172.92 | 1,245.84 | 1,450.22 | 1,711.14 | 1,914.56 | 2,073.42 | 2,304.65 | 2,456.96 | 2,701.29 | 2,902.05 | 2,834.68 | 3,080.40 | 3,286.19 | 3,804.34 | 4,304.01 | 4,130.15 | 4,869.96 | 5,406.01 | |
| -124.20 | 23.91 | 36.26 | -77.66 | -78.97 | 70.08 | -82.28 | 47.98 | 127.86 | 212.12 | 156.87 | -16.13 | -19.85 | 155.22 | 193.18 | 29.84 | 85.53 | -20.65 | 214.63 | 236.64 | 229.81 | 61.51 | 64.93 | -152.69 | 27.55 | -317.03 | 174.02 | 182.53 | 8.24 | 6.22 | |
Data as of: September 21, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.