Valuation
26% of the score
72median 50
Seneca Foods Corporation is valued at 17.3x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
17.3x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
SENEBSeneca Foods Corporation
$178.88+71% 1Y
$178.88
$104.2152 weeks$208.53
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 52 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Seneca Foods Corporation scores higher than 48% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and capital allocation, held back by return on new capital and return on capital.
Consumer Defensive median 62 · all companies 54
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time74
76
52
59
54
52
20202021202220232024today
The biggest move was down 24 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
29median 23
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 33
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 63
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 63
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
50median 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
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.