Seaboard (SEB) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Seaboard (SEB) posted Operating Margin of 3.42% for Q3 2026, down 14.44% on a QoQ basis from 4.0% in Q2 2026, and up 133.0% year-over-year from 1.47% in Q3 2025.
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Seaboard (SEB) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Seaboard has reported Operating Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.42% in Q3 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 133.0% year-over-year to 3.42% in Q3 2026; TTM through Jul 2026 was 3.36%, a 87.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.45%, up 74.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin was 3.42% for Q3 2026 at Seaboard, down from 4.0% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Operating Margin was 10.43% in Q4 2023, with the low at 2.52% in Q2 2023.
- Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 3.2%, with a median of 3.06% recorded in 2025.
- The largest YoY upside for Operating Margin was 428 bps in 2023 against a maximum downside of 791 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 6.15% in 2022, then soared by 70 bps to 10.43% in 2023, then sank by 56 bps to 4.59% in 2024, then sank by 41 bps to 2.7% in 2025, then grew by 27 bps to 3.42% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 3.42% (Q3 2026), 4.0% (Q2 2026), and 2.7% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Foods | 18.09 Bn | 17.46 Bn | 921.00 Mn | 2.61% |
| 2 | Jbs | 14.47 Bn | 11.00 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 2.38% |
| 3 | Smithfield Foods | 8.65 Bn | 7.61 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 7.84% |
| 4 | Pilgrims Pride | 7.26 Bn | 6.88 Bn | 339.75 Mn | 1.43% |
| 5 | Seaboard | 4.14 Bn | 2.95 Bn | 221.00 Mn | 3.42% |
| 6 | Cal-Maine Foods | 3.50 Bn | 3.40 Bn | 34.07 Mn | -10.64% |
| 7 | Beyond Meat | 202.71 Mn | 25.82 Mn | 5.87 Mn | -44.76% |
| 8 | Wing Yip Food Holdings | 51.09 Mn | -34.29 Mn | 10.36 Mn | 51.75% |
| 9 | Aquabounty Technologies | 5.92 Mn | 4.02 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Nocera | 2.82 Mn | -1.97 Mn | 17,998.00 | -54.90% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.42% |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 4.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.70% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 3.31% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 2.10% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.64% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.59% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 1.44% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.36% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -0.91% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.43% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.81% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | -0.17% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | -2.52% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.15% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 5.35% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 6.46% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 5.39% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.61% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 4.92% |