Valuation
26% of the score
52median 13
Seneca Foods Corporation is valued at 16.3x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
16.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
SENEASeneca Foods Corporation
$182.67+64% 1Y
$182.67
$101.1852 weeks$207.35
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 48 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Seneca Foods Corporation scores higher than 46% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and cycle position, held back by return on new capital and return on capital.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
29median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 5.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
5.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 5.2%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 8 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -6.9%, and 118% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-8.2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
89median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 5.7% a year over 5 years: buybacks
1005%
-3%
-5.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.4% a year, sales 3.4%
7212%
-2%
2%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
73median 62
Today's operating margin of 4.9% is 0.93x its normal 5.3%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 9 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 4.9%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
47median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.1x a year of EBITDA
864.5x
0.5x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
81.5x
12x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
67median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.35x profit over 3 years
00.7x
1x
1.3x
0.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 22.9% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-23%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-3.20
100-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-3.20
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-27, latest annual report FY2025.