Seaboard (AMEX:SEB) Cash-to-Debt

: 0.79 (As of Dec. 2022)

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Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Seaboard's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 0.79.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Seaboard couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022.

The historical rank and industry rank for Seaboard's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

SEB' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.82 Max: 6.93
Current: 0.79

During the past 13 years, Seaboard's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 6.93. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.82.

SEB's Cash-to-Debt is ranked better than
61.49% of 496 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 0.48 vs SEB: 0.79

Seaboard Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seaboard's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

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Seaboard Annual Data

Trend

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Cash-to-Debt

1.65

1.03

1.09

0.85

0.79

Seaboard Quarterly Data
	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22
Cash-to-Debt																0.85	0.80	0.69	0.67	0.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Seaboard's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Seaboard Cash-to-Debt Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Seaboard's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Seaboard's Cash-to-Debt falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Cash-to-Debt's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Seaboard Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Seaboard's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1285	/	(613	+	1020)
	=	0.79

Seaboard's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1285	/	(613	+	1020)
	=	0.79

Seaboard (AMEX:SEB) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Seaboard (AMEX:SEB) Business Description

Industry

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Address

9000 West 67th Street, Merriam, KS, USA, 66202

Website

https://www.seaboardcorp.com

Seaboard Corp is a conglomerate of food production and transportation businesses. The group operates six business segments: pork, commodity trading and milling, marine, sugar and alcohol, power, and turkey. The group offers hog production and pork processing, biodiesel production, agriculture commodity trading, agriculture commodity processing and logistics, grain and feed milling, cargo shipping, sugarcane production, alcohol production, sugar refining, power production, turkey production and processing, and production of jalapeno peppers. The largest end markets by revenue are the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Executives

Frances B Shifman	director	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Vacas Jacques Emma Alejandra	officer: Assistant Treasurer	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
James T Hubler	officer: Assoc. Gen Counsel & Asst. Sec	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Benjamin R Hodes	officer: Vice President, Finance	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Elizabeth A Loudon	officer: Vice President, Tax	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
John B Warner	officer: Vice President-Human Resources	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Adriana N Hoskins	officer: Vice President and Treasurer	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, MERRIAM KS 66202
Peter B Brown	officer: Pres. & CEO, Seaboard Foods	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Jacob A. Bresky	officer: Vice Pres-Business Development	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Ellen S. Bresky	director, 10 percent owner	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Douglas W Baena	director
Darwin E Sand	officer: Pres. & CEO, Seaboard Foods	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Winfield Ivan J. Jr	officer: VP-Information Technology	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Paul M. Squires	director	SEABOARD FLOUR, 1320 CENTRE STREET, SUITE 200, NEWTON CENTER MA 02459
Michael D. Trollinger	officer: VP, Corporate Controller, CAO	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202