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How Seaboard Corporation stacks up
SEB · against 566 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
49/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #337 of 567 · scores higher than 39% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score71 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including SEB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 49?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker operating margin and return on invested capital than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 75% of peers. Operating margin: 3.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.3% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 7.4% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SEB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SEB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 543 reported | 4.3% | 9.0% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 571 reported | 3.4% | 8.9% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 534 reported | 7.4% | 3.9% | 83% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 531 reported | 12.3% | 10.1% | 62% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 574 reported | 8.1% | 27.2% | 6% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SEBScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score