Seaboard (SEB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Seaboard's (SEB) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.4% in Q2 2026, up 98.0% year-on-year from 2.22% in Q2 2025, and up 21.3% quarter-over-quarter from 3.63% in Q4 2025.

Seaboard (SEB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Seaboard's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.4% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 98.0% year-over-year to 4.4% in Q2 2026; TTM through Apr 2026 was 4.4%, a 98.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 3.71%, up 120.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed climbed to 4.4% in Q2 2026 per SEB's latest filing, from 3.63% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 18.98% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 17.37% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.4% (2026), against an average of 4.16%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 11077 bps in 2022 and sank 2638 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.44% in 2022, then slumped by 124 bps to 2.53% in 2023, then jumped by 353 bps to 6.42% in 2024, then slumped by 43 bps to 3.63% in 2025, then gained by 21 bps to 4.4% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SEB Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 4.4% (Q2 2026), 3.63% (Q4 2025), and 11.41% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 3M 88.13 Bn 84.85 Bn 2.68 Bn 19.43%
2 Honeywell International 78.15 Bn 66.84 Bn 3.65 Bn 15.09%
3 Valmont Industries 9.52 Bn 9.36 Bn 316.88 Mn 16.67%
4 Brookfield Business 6.56 Bn 5.50 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Seaboard 4.44 Bn 3.30 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.40%
6 Otter Tail 3.87 Bn 3.47 Bn 239.49 Mn 9.46%
7 Tetra Technologies 1.18 Bn 1.14 Bn 38.23 Mn -5.83%
8 Deluxe 1.16 Bn 1.13 Bn 279.40 Mn 10.82%
9 Matthews International 843.71 Mn 807.63 Mn 101.98 Mn 6.54%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 745.59 Mn 813.24 Mn 189.36 Mn 0.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 4.40%
Dec 31, 2025 3.63%
Sep 27, 2025 11.41%
Jun 28, 2025 10.17%
Mar 29, 2025 3.42%
Dec 31, 2024 6.42%
Sep 28, 2024 1.40%
Jun 29, 2024 -1.06%
Mar 30, 2024 -0.77%
Dec 31, 2023 -2.53%
Sep 30, 2023 -14.12%
Jul 1, 2023 -17.37%
Apr 1, 2023 17.91%
Dec 31, 2022 10.44%
Oct 1, 2022 9.42%
Jul 2, 2022 9.01%
Apr 2, 2022 18.98%
Dec 31, 2021 17.81%
Oct 2, 2021 8.79%
Jul 3, 2021 20.15%