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Seneca Foods Corporation

SENEB
58
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Price
$171.23
-4.94 (-2.80%)
Market Cap
$1.09B
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

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)

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.

Winston Score History

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

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

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."

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Quality

Gross Margin
11.2%
Thin — 11.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
6.0%
Modest — 6.0% operating margin
ROCE
2.3%
Weak — 2.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+11.4%
Steady sales growth (11.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+149.8%
Earnings growing fast (149.8% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
262%
Turns 262% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
12.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.35
Conservative — low debt load (0.35)
Interest Cover
6.77x
Adequate interest coverage (6.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.7

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

P/E vs Forward
-0.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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