Seaboard (SEB) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Seaboard's (SEB) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 4.0% in Q2 2026, up 236.0% year-on-year from 1.19% in Q2 2025, and up 48.31% quarter-over-quarter from 2.7% in Q4 2025.

Seaboard (SEB) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Seaboard's Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.0% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 236.0% year-over-year to 4.0% in Q2 2026; TTM through Apr 2026 was 3.02%, a 70.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.45%, up 74.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin grew to 4.0% in Q2 2026 per SEB's latest filing, from 2.7% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 6.46% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 2.72% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 2.7% (2025), against an average of 2.41%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 887 bps in 2023 and surged 731 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 6.15% in 2022, then plunged by 144 bps to 2.72% in 2023, then soared by 269 bps to 4.59% in 2024, then plunged by 41 bps to 2.7% in 2025, then soared by 48 bps to 4.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SEB Operating Margin figures stand at 4.0% (Q2 2026), 2.7% (Q4 2025), and 3.31% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 3M 88.13 Bn 84.85 Bn 2.68 Bn 15.14%
2 Honeywell International 78.15 Bn 66.84 Bn 3.65 Bn 18.37%
3 Valmont Industries 9.52 Bn 9.36 Bn 316.88 Mn 15.12%
4 Brookfield Business 6.56 Bn 5.50 Bn 1.31 Bn 24.95%
5 Seaboard 4.44 Bn 3.30 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.00%
6 Otter Tail 3.87 Bn 3.47 Bn 239.49 Mn 24.56%
7 Tetra Technologies 1.18 Bn 1.14 Bn 38.23 Mn 8.20%
8 Deluxe 1.16 Bn 1.13 Bn 279.40 Mn 13.34%
9 Matthews International 843.71 Mn 807.63 Mn 101.98 Mn -1.23%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 745.59 Mn 813.24 Mn 189.36 Mn -0.45%

Historic Data

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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 -2.72%
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%
Jul 3, 2021 6.79%