---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000088121-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEB"
cik: "0000088121"
company_name: "SEABOARD CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T03:59:42.044715+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seaboard Q4 net sales down 14% to $2.28B; operating income swings to $87M loss; EPS $64.67 vs $192.11

## Summary
- Net sales for Q4 2023 were $2,282M, down from $2,666M in Q4 2022; full year $9,562M versus $11,243M.
- Operating loss of $87M in Q4 2023 vs income of $164M in prior year; full year operating loss $87M.
- Net earnings attributable to Seaboard fell to $64M ($64.67/share) from $223M ($192.11/share) in Q4 2022.
- Full year 2023 net earnings $226M ($202.21/share) vs $580M ($499.66/share) in 2022.
- Quarterly dividend maintained at $2.25 per share, payable March 4, 2024 to holders of record Feb 23, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000088121-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEB
- cik: 0000088121
- company_name: SEABOARD CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000023/0000088121-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000023/seb-20240213x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-24-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SEABOARD CORP /DE/ reported financial results for quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 13, 2024, Seaboard Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing earnings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023, and the Board of Directors’ declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $2.25 per share of common stock, payable on March 4, 2024, to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 23, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000023/0000088121-24-000023-index.htm

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