Seaboard (Seaboard) Retained Earnings : $5,045 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Seaboard Retained Earnings?

Retained earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Seaboard's retained earnings for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5,045 Mil.

Seaboard's quarterly retained earnings declined from Sep. 2023 ($5,572 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($5,025 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2023 ($5,025 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($5,045 Mil).

Seaboard's annual retained earnings increased from Dec. 2021 ($4,847 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($5,417 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($5,417 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($5,025 Mil).

Seaboard Retained Earnings Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seaboard's Retained Earnings can be seen below:

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Seaboard Retained Earnings Chart

Seaboard Annual Data

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Retained Earnings

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4,030.00

4,287.00

4,847.00

5,417.00

5,025.00

Seaboard Quarterly Data
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Retained Earnings	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5,398.00	5,448.00	5,572.00	5,025.00	5,045.00

Seaboard Retained Earnings Calculation

Retained Earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Because the net income was not distributed to shareholders, shareholders' equity is increased by the same amount.

Of course, if a company loses, it is called retained losses, or accumulated losses.

Seaboard (AMEX:SEB) Retained Earnings Explanation

Historically profitable companies sometimes have negative retained earnings. This is because they have cumulatively paid out more to shareholders than they reported in profits.

For example, in 2011, Microsoft had negative retained earnings. This does not mean the company lost more money than it made over the years. It just means it paid out more money than it earned.

If a company has negative retained earnings, investors should check the 10-year financial results. They should not assume that negative retained earnings prove a company has generally lost money in the past.

Of course, many companies with negative retained earnings have indeed lost money in the past.

Retained Earnings: Warren Buffett's Secret.

One of the most important indicators of durable competitive advantage. Net earnings can be paid out as dividends, used to buy back shares or retained for growth.

If the company loses more than it has accumulated, retained earnings is negative.

If a company isn't adding to its retained earnings, it isn't growing its net worth.

Rate of growth of retained earnings is good indicator whether it's benefiting from a competitive advantage.

Microsoft is negative because it chose to buyback stock and pay dividends.

The more earnings retained, the faster it grows and increases growth rate for future earnings.

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9000 West 67th Street, Merriam, KS, USA, 66202

Website

https://www.seaboardcorp.com

Seaboard Corp is a diversified group of companies that operate in agricultural and ocean transport businesses. The company is engaged in hog production and pork processing in the United States; commodity trading and grain processing in Africa and South America; cargo shipping services in the U.S., Caribbean and Central and South America; sugar and alcohol production in Argentina; and electric power generation in the Dominican Republic. It also has an equity method investment in Butterball, LLC, a producer and processor of turkey products. The group operates six business segments: pork, commodity trading and milling, marine, sugar and alcohol, power, and turkey. It operates in 45 countries, with a concentration in the U.S. and countries in Central and South America and Africa.

Executives

Cerezo Baena Laura P	officer: Assistant Secretary	9000 W 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Barbara M Smith	officer: Interim Controller and PAO	9000 W 67TH STREET, MERRIAM KS 66202
Frances B Shifman	director	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Vacas Jacques Emma Alejandra	officer: Assistant Treasurer	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
James T Hubler	officer: Assoc. Gen Counsel & Asst. Sec	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Benjamin R Hodes	officer: Vice President, Finance	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Elizabeth A Loudon	officer: Vice President, Tax	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
John B Warner	officer: Vice President-Human Resources	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Adriana N Hoskins	officer: Vice President and Treasurer	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, MERRIAM KS 66202
Peter B Brown	officer: Pres. & CEO, Seaboard Foods	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Jacob A. Bresky	officer: Vice Pres-Business Development	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Ellen S. Bresky	director, 10 percent owner	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Douglas W Baena	director
Darwin E Sand	officer: Pres. & CEO, Seaboard Foods	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202
Winfield Ivan J. Jr	officer: VP-Information Technology	9000 WEST 67TH STREET, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66202