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

Seaboard (SEB) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 4.4% in Q2 2026, up 21.3% quarter-over-quarter from 3.63% in Q4 2025, and up 266.0% on a YoY basis from 1.2% in Q2 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.

  • In Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 266.0% year-over-year to 4.4%; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at 4.4% (up 266.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 3.71%, up 289.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 4.4% for Q2 2026 at Seaboard, up from 3.63% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.51% in Q2 2022 to a low of 1.15% in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 4.26% across 5 years, with a median of 2.84% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 454 bps in 2022, then plunged 1159 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.44% in 2022, then slumped by 111 bps to 1.15% in 2023, then soared by 171 bps to 0.81% in 2024, then soared by 345 bps to 3.63% in 2025, then gained by 21 bps to 4.4% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.4% (Q2 2026), 3.63% (Q4 2025), and 2.84% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Pampa Energy 1,836.33 Bn 900.18 Bn 109.00 Mn -0.04%
2 Honeywell International 145.45 Bn 134.13 Bn 3.54 Bn 13.94%
3 3M 85.14 Bn 81.04 Bn 2.46 Bn 17.35%
4 Valmont Industries 11.12 Bn 10.97 Bn 316.88 Mn 16.67%
5 Seaboard 4.59 Bn 3.45 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.40%
6 Otter Tail 3.66 Bn 3.25 Bn 239.49 Mn 9.46%
7 Tetra Technologies 1.37 Bn 1.37 Bn 38.23 Mn -9.76%
8 Deluxe 1.04 Bn 1.01 Bn 279.40 Mn 10.82%
9 Matthews International 826.85 Mn 790.76 Mn 101.98 Mn 6.54%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 760.64 Mn 828.28 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 2.84%
Jun 28, 2025 2.10%
Mar 29, 2025 1.74%
Dec 31, 2024 0.81%
Sep 28, 2024 -0.48%
Jun 29, 2024 0.08%
Mar 30, 2024 -0.46%
Dec 31, 2023 -1.15%
Sep 30, 2023 2.51%
Jul 1, 2023 3.97%
Apr 1, 2023 7.00%
Dec 31, 2022 10.44%
Oct 1, 2022 9.42%
Jul 2, 2022 9.01%
Apr 2, 2022 16.51%
Dec 31, 2021 15.39%
Oct 2, 2021 8.79%
Jul 3, 2021 7.86%