Seaboard (Seaboard) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.36 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Seaboard's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $372 Mil. Seaboard's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,301 Mil. Seaboard's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,616 Mil. Seaboard's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.36.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

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

SEB' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03 Med: 0.3 Max: 0.42
Current: 0.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Seaboard was 0.42. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.30.

SEB's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
62.53% of 475 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 0.56 vs SEB: 0.36

Seaboard Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Seaboard Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.42

0.37

0.40

0.33

0.36

Seaboard Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.33	0.32	0.31	0.24	0.36

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Seaboard's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.

Seaboard Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Seaboard's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Seaboard Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Seaboard's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(372	+	1301)	/	4616
	=	0.36

Seaboard's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(372	+	1301)	/	4616
	=	0.36

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

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Seaboard (Seaboard) Business Description

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Address

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

Website

https://www.seaboardcorp.com

Seaboard Corp is a diversified group of companies that operate in agricultural and ocean transport businesses. The company is engaged in hog production and pork processing in the United States; commodity trading and grain processing in Africa and South America; cargo shipping services in the U.S., Caribbean and Central and South America; sugar and alcohol production in Argentina; and electric power generation in the Dominican Republic. It also has an equity method investment in Butterball, LLC, a producer and processor of turkey products. The group operates six business segments: pork, commodity trading and milling, marine, sugar and alcohol, power, and turkey. It operates in 45 countries, with a concentration in the U.S. and countries in Central and South America and Africa.

Executives

Cerezo Baena Laura P	officer: Assistant Secretary	9000 W 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Barbara M Smith	officer: Interim Controller and PAO	9000 W 67TH STREET, MERRIAM KS 66202
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