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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000088121-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEB"
cik: "0000088121"
company_name: "SEABOARD CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T21:05:53.077005+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seaboard Q2 operating loss $4M vs income $192M; EPS $44.80 down 52% YoY

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $2,393M, down 19.5% YoY; operating loss $4M vs income $192M.
- Q2 net earnings attributable $52M, down 52% from $108M; diluted EPS $44.80 vs $92.53.
- Six-month net sales $4,892M; operating loss $67M; net earnings $36M vs $211M prior year.
- Quarterly dividend $2.25 per share, payable Aug 21 to holders of record Aug 11, unchanged.
- Subsidiary CEO Gonzalez's employment amended: term extended to Dec 2025, non-compete to 1 year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000088121-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEB
- cik: 0000088121
- company_name: SEABOARD CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812123000070/0000088121-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812123000070/seb-20230731x8k.htm

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