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Seneca Foods Corporation

SENEB
62
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Price
$195.39
+6.59 (+3.49%)
Market Cap
$1.36B
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
62
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 27, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Share count falling — buybacks

21.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 8.8M (2022) → 6.9M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Seneca Foods is one of the largest canned and frozen vegetable companies in the United States. It processes and packages vegetables like corn, peas, green beans, and fruit under its own brands — including Seneca, Libby's, and Green Valley — as well as private-label products sold under grocery store brand names. Its main customers are large retailers, food service companies, and other food manufacturers.

The company earns money by selling packaged food products, with most revenue coming from retail grocery and private-label contracts across North America. Seneca operates multiple processing plants, mostly in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, close to the farms that supply its raw vegetables. Its scale and long-term retailer relationships give it a cost advantage over smaller competitors. The main risk the business faces is margin pressure from volatile commodity and input costs — including fuel, packaging, and raw crops — which can squeeze profits when prices rise faster than the company can pass them on to customers.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

65.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$50M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Seneca Foods Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 14%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
11.8%
Thin — 11.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.5%
Modest — 6.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.4%
Strong — 15.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+12.5%
Fast-growing sales (+12.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+178.0%
Earnings growing fast (+178.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
235%
Turns 235% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
13.0%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.0%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.27
Conservative — low debt load (0.27)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
9.54x
Comfortably covers interest (9.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.2x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.2

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-1.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.82%
Small dividend — 0.82% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
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