Seaboard Corp Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 10, 2010
Seaboard Corp (SEB, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-04-03.

Seaboard Corp has a market cap of $1.56 billion; its shares were traded at around $1261 with a P/E ratio of 20.61 and P/S ratio of 0.43. The dividend yield of Seaboard Corp stocks is 0.24%. Seaboard Corp had an annual average earning growth of 5% over the past 10 years.SEB is in the portfolios of Irving Kahn of Kahn Brothers & Company Inc., Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Three Months Ended

April 3, April 4,

2010 2009

Net sales:

Products (includes sales to affiliates of

$125,830 and $140,916) $ 772,587 $ 681,513

Services 214,720 214,883

Other 32,969 21,172

Total net sales 1,020,276 917,568



Assets:

Available-for-sale securities - short-term

investments:

Money market funds $128,024 $128,024 $ - $ -

Fixed rate municipal notes and bonds 118,431 - 118,431 -

Corporate bonds 95,797 - 95,797 -

Fixed income mutual funds 15,024 15,024 - -

U.S. Government agency securities 13,930 - 13,930 -

U.S. Treasury securities 11,948 - 11,948 -

Variable rate demand notes 11,900 - 11,900 -

Asset backed debt securities 11,666 - 11,666 -

Other 3,865 - 3,865 -

Trading securities - short-term investments:

High yield debt securities 26,447 - 26,447 -

Other debt securities 3,850 - 3,850 -

Trading securities - other current assets:

Domestic equity securities 12,110 12,110 - -

Foreign equity securities 7,457 3,618 3,839 -

Money market funds 3,132 3,132 - -

U.S. Government agency securities 2,628 - 2,628 -

Fixed income mutual funds 2,604 2,604 - -

U.S. Treasury securities 2,045 - 2,045 -

Other 154 142 12 -

Derivatives:

Commodities 4,844 4,844 - -

Foreign currencies 287 - 287 -

Total Assets $476,143 $169,498 $306,645 $ -

Liabilities:

Derivatives:

Commodities 4,735 4,735 - -

Foreign currencies 3,935 - 3,935 -

Total Liabilities $ 8,670 $ 4,735 $ 3,935 $ -



(Thousands of dollars) Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives

Balance Fair Value Balance Fair Value

Sheet April 3, December 31, Sheet April 3, December 31,

Location 2010 2009 Location 2010 2009



Commodities Other current assets $4,844 $4,610 Other current liabilities $4,735 $2,288

Foreign currencies Other current assets 287 430 Other current liabilities 3,935 5,943



As of April 3, 2010, Seaboard had outstanding letters of credit

("LCs") with various banks which reduced its borrowing capacity

under its committed and uncommitted credit facilities by $42,720,000

and $4,609,000, respectively. Included in these amounts are LCs

totaling $26,385,000, which support the Industrial Development

Revenue Bonds included as long-term debt and $17,802,000 of LCs

related to insurance coverages.



On March 2, 2009, an agreement became effective under which Seaboard

will sell its two power barges in the Dominican Republic for

$70,000,000. The agreement calls for the sale to occur on or around

January 1, 2011. During March 2009, $15,000,000 was paid to

Seaboard (recorded as deferred revenue in current liabilities as of

April 3, 2010) and the $55,000,000 balance of the purchase price was

paid into escrow and will be paid to Seaboard at the closing of the

sale. The net book value of the two barges was $20,090,000 as of

April 3, 2010 and is classified as held for sale in other current

assets. Accordingly, Seaboard ceased depreciation on the two barges

as of January 1, 2010 but will continue to operate these two barges

until a few weeks prior to the closing date of the sale. Seaboard

will be responsible for the wind down and decommissioning costs of

the barges. Completion of the sale is dependent upon several

issues, including meeting certain baseline performance and emission

tests. Failure to satisfy or cure any deficiencies could result in

the agreement being terminated and the sale abandoned. Seaboard

could be responsible to pay liquidated damages of up to

approximately $15,000,000 should it fail to perform its obligations

under the agreement, after expiration of applicable cure and grace

periods. Seaboard will retain all other physical properties of this

business and is considering options to continue its power business

in the Dominican Republic after the sale of these assets is

completed.



Commodity Trading and Milling $ 4,817 $ 3,703

Sugar 71 191

Segment/Consolidated Totals $ 4,888 $ 3,894



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