Consumer Defensive
Seneca Foods Corporation(SENEA)
Live Price
Offline$147.95
+1.75% today
1Y Change
+63.86%
Window
Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 10, 2026
- Market Cap
- $950.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +8.2%
- EPS Growth
- -31.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 244 bars ยท Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 10, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Seneca Foods Corporation (SENEA) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $950.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $147.95 and up 63.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 10, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.2%, EPS growth of -31.1%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.2%, EPS -31.1%, free cash flow +349.4% with operating margin 7.9% and ROIC 9.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 10.5 and price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SENEA price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+8.2% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+7.9% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
10.5 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Feb 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +8.2% and EPS is at -31.1%, with operating margin around 7.9%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +8.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | โ | -0.2% | +5.7% | +17.1% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | โ | +0.2% | +16.9% | +14.6% |
2025 Aug 7, 2025 | โ | +0.4% | +1.6% | +8.5% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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SENEA Max Drawdown
-21.04%
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Company Overview
Seneca Foods Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Seneca Foods Corporation provides packaged fruits and vegetables in the United States and internationally. The company offers canned, frozen, and bottled produce; jarred fruit; and snack chips and other food products under the private label, as well as under various national and regional brands that the company owns or licenses, including Seneca, Libby's, Aunt Nellie's, Cherryman, Green Valley, and READ. It also packs canned and frozen vegetables under contract packing agreements. In addition, the company engages in the sale of cans and ends, as well as trucking and aircraft operations. It provides its products to grocery outlets, including supermarkets, mass merchandisers, limited assortment stores, club stores, and dollar stores; and food service distributors, restaurant chains, industrial markets, other food packagers, and export customers in 90 countries, as well as federal, state, and local governments for school and other feeding programs. The company was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Marion, New York.
- Leadership
- Paul L. Palmby
- IPO Date
- Jun 3, 1998
- Employees
- 2.8k
- Street Address
- 3736 South Main Street
- Mailing
- Marion, NY, 14505
- Region
- Marion, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 315 926 8100
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 10.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.5
- Price/Sales
- 0.6
- Price/Book
- 1.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +8.2%
- EPS
- -31.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- +349.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 12.6%
- Operating Margin
- 7.9%
- Net Margin
- 5.6%
- ROE
- 13.5%
- ROIC
- 9.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.39
- Current Ratio
- 4.34
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