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Processes and packages canned and frozen vegetables sold under private label and its own brands to retailers/foodservice.
Processes and packages canned and frozen vegetables sold under private label and its own brands to retailers/foodservice.
Packs a year's supply of vegetables at harvest time and sells it down over the following months, so inventory and the borrowing that funds it are a big part of the business. Most volume goes to supermarkets under their own labels, plus foodservice distributors, with a share of sales to government food programmes.
Moat: none (scale). Processing scale helps costs, but canned/frozen vegetables are a commodity, price-competitive category.
Headquarters: Fairport, New York, US · Founded: 1949 · Employees: 7,010
Size Seneca Foods (SENEA) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $1.03B, the 2228th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $151.04 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 9.1%, against -8.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 12.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.1%); the operating margin is 8.6% (peer median 5.5%).
Valuation It trades at 10.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.2× (2nd cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.7 points above its cost of capital (6.2% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 7.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.77B | $1.66B | $1.58B | $1.46B | $1.51B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +8% | -3% | — |
| Gross profit | $237M | $231M | $150M | $188M | $104M |
| EBITDA | $195M | $192M | $119M | $151M | $65.8M |
| Net income | $119M | $115M | $41.2M | $63.2M | $9.20M |
| Free cash flow | $230M | $180M | $298M | -$120M | -$283M |
| Capital expenditure | $50.2M | $44.3M | $37.2M | $36.6M | $70.6M |
| Total debt | $240M | $297M | $392M | $651M | $492M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Foods SENEA | $1.03B | +9% | +12% | 9% | 10.9× | -15.1% |
| Bonduelle SCA BON.PA | $294M | 0% | -1% | 4% | 6.8× | -3.4% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | SENEA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -14.7% | +1.1% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +9.1% | -8.3% | 5th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -28.1% | -24.9% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +12.5% | +5.1% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 5.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.9× | 18.2× | 2nd cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -15.1% | -2.9% | 2nd least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.5% | +8.4% | 2nd lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.6 pp | -13.2 pp | 3rd least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.7 pp | -0.5 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.0× | 8.1× | 3rd cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8× | 0.2× | 6th most indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Foods SENEA | United States | $1.03B | +9% | +12% | 9% | 10.9× | -15.1% | +2.5% |
| ARIAKE JAPAN 2815.T | Japan | $1.04B | -5% | +3% | 17% | 17.4× | -7.4% | +6.1% |
| Namchow Food Group (Shanghai) 605339.SS | China | $1.01B | -2% | -5% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ORION 001800.KS | South Korea | $1.06B | -4% | +15% | 15% | n/a | -16.5% | +8.3% |
| Star Lake Bioscience 600866.SS | China | $1.07B | -26% | -3% | 0% | 37.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiajia Food 002650.SZ | China | $983M | -25% | -3% | -11% | n/a | 1.2% | -10.0% |
| JinJian Cereals Industry 600127.SS | China | $1.08B | +64% | +1% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Qiyunshan Food 2797.HK | Hong Kong | $1.10B | n/a | -7% | 17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Food Empire F03.SI | Singapore | $952M | -22% | +14% | 16% | 12.7× | -9.9% | +14.9% |
| Guilin Seamild Foods 002956.SZ | China | $947M | -14% | +21% | 11% | 23.3× | 9.0% | +17.0% |
| Chenguang Biotech 300138.SZ | China | $946M | +13% | -4% | 6% | 16.1× | -1.0% | +10.9% |
| Lotte 004990.KS | South Korea | $1.18B | -27% | +1% | 2% | 69.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Otoki 007310.KS | South Korea | $879M | -13% | +4% | 5% | 9.4× | -6.5% | +7.2% |
| Westrock Coffee WEST | United States | $878M | +9% | +39% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Snowsky Salt Industry 600929.SS | China | $1.20B | -29% | +32% | 1% | 54.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Italmobiliare ITM.MI | Italy | $1.20B | -8% | +8% | 14% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Wellhope Foods 603609.SS | China | $870M | -8% | +7% | 0% | 53.8× | 54.2% | +8.5% |
| Nisshin OilliO 2602.T | Japan | $1.22B | +13% | +8% | 3% | 18.0× | 3.1% | +10.5% |
| Shandong Bailong Chuangyuan Bio-Tech 605016.SS | China | $1.24B | -28% | +19% | 32% | 18.4× | 8.8% | +22.5% |
| T. Hasegawa 4958.T | Japan | $847M | +12% | +7% | 12% | 17.1× | -4.8% | +7.9% |
| Nissin Foods 1475.HK | Hong Kong | $834M | -14% | +1% | 13% | 19.0× | -13.0% | +2.6% |