Growth Metrics

Seaboard (SEB) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Seaboard has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 1.3% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 49.0% year-over-year to 1.3%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.3%, up 49.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.33%, 51.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 1.3% at Seaboard, down from 2.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.44% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 2.79% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 3.65% and a median of 3.21% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -1322bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 496bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.05% in 2021, then surged by 73bps to 10.44% in 2022, then plummeted by -127bps to 2.79% in 2023, then surged by 129bps to 0.81% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 60bps to 1.3% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for SEB at 1.3% in Q4 2025, 2.84% in Q3 2025, and 2.1% in Q2 2025.