Seaboard (SEB) Stock Buybacks: 35.6% of Shares Retired Since 1999

Name: Seaboard (SEB) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 1,487,5202026-07-28, 957,794

A share bought in 1999

1.6× more of Seaboard today, without buying another share. It was one of 1,487,519 shares then. It is one of 957,794 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-03	1,487,520	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-02	1,487,520	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-01	1,487,520	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-02-21	1,255,054	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-02-20	1,255,054	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-18	1,255,054	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-17	1,261,367	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	1,261,367	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-08	1,244,278	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-06	1,240,421	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-05	1,235,582	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	1,215,879	10-K
2011	2012-01-27	1,209,397	10-K
2012	2013-01-25	1,197,513	10-K
2013	2014-01-24	1,187,905	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	1,170,550	10-K
2015	2016-01-29	1,170,550	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	1,170,550	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	1,170,550	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	1,167,771	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	1,164,718	10-K
2020	2021-01-31	1,160,779	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	1,160,779	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	1,160,779	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	971,055	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	971,055	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	957,794	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Seaboard on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

Seaboard buybacks, answered

Is Seaboard buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 957,794 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 17.5%.

How many shares has Seaboard bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Seaboard has 529,726 fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 35.6% of the company.

How many shares does Seaboard have outstanding?

957,794 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 1,487,520.

What do Seaboard's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Seaboard stock in 1999 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Seaboard compare with other cannibal stocks?

Seaboard ranks No. 142 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Phillips 66 (35.8%), CNX Resources (35.8%), United Rentals (35.5%), Dollar General (35.4%).

Every answer is computed from Seaboard's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

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