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Seaboard Corporation
(NYSE MKT:SEB) 

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Seaboard Corporation operates as an agribusiness and transportation company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Pork, Commodity Trading and Milling (CT&M), Marine, Sugar and Alcohol, Power, and Turkey. The Pork segment produces and sells fresh and frozen pork products to further processors,...

Founded: 1918
Full Time Employees: 13,100
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Conglomerates

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    Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-27 2025-06-28 2025-03-29 2024-12-31 2024-09-28 2024-06-29 2024-03-30 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-07-01 2023-04-01 2022-12-31 2022-10-01 2022-07-02 2022-04-02 2021-12-31 2021-10-02 2021-07-03 2021-04-03 2020-12-31 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-31 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-09-29 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-07-01 2017-04-01 2016-12-31 2016-10-01 2016-07-02 2016-04-02 2015-12-31 2015-10-03 2015-07-04 2015-04-04 2014-12-31 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-12-31 2013-09-28 2013-06-29 2013-03-30 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-10-01 
                                                            
      net sales:
                                                            
      products
    1,881,000,000 2,066,000,000 2,020,000,000 1,836,000,000 1,982,000,000 1,805,000,000 1,802,000,000 1,792,000,000 1,847,000,000 1,966,000,000 1,957,000,000 1,984,000,000 2,078,000,000 2,299,000,000 2,388,000,000 2,214,000,000 1,986,000,000 1,908,000,000 2,089,000,000 1,731,000,000 1,660,000,000 1,362,000,000 1,589,000,000 1,382,000,000 1,493,000,000 1,359,000,000 1,513,000,000 1,245,000,000 1,338 1,382 1,291,000,000 1,280 1,135 1,153 1,125,000,000 1,104 1,070 1,094 1,066,000,000 -3,464,230,485 1,139,144,000 1,148,164,000 1,176,927,000 1,391,347,000 1,350,329,000 1,417,116,000 1,213,755,000 1,444,829,000 1,352,158,000 1,371,142,000 1,263,273,000 1,149,648,000 1,194,991,000 1,190,822,000 1,126,630,000 1,213,346,000 
      services
    472,000,000 401,000,000 406,000,000 427,000,000 431,000,000 344,000,000 348,000,000 350,000,000 9,000,000 349,000,000 373,000,000 463,000,000 -187,000,000 541,000,000 538,000,000 477,000,000 126,000,000 355,000,000 330,000,000 313,000,000 169,000,000 257,000,000 206,000,000 283,000,000 175,000,000 270,000,000 275,000,000 269,000,000 273 278 264,000,000 147 238 245 249,000,000 106 237 243 212,000,000 -666,317,134 223,002,000 224,298,000 219,018,000 217,914,000 198,276,000 202,482,000 194,507,000 224,842,000 211,914,000 216,097,000 224,995,000 253,085,000 248,354,000 244,755,000 160,886,000 234,758,000 
      other
    57,000,000 73,000,000 54,000,000 53,000,000 69,000,000 69,000,000 59,000,000 49,000,000 54,000,000 73,000,000 63,000,000 52,000,000 44,000,000 55,000,000 47,000,000 18,000,000 31,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 15,000,000 18,000,000 26,000,000 13,000,000 18,000,000 29,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 29,000,000 40 31 24,000,000 29 29 24 25,000,000 24 23 20 17,000,000 -83,094,894 28,897,000 27,876,000 26,322,000 33,607,000 53,324,000 53,348,000 53,848,000 64,128,000 74,328,000 74,949,000 73,011,000 76,683,000 67,248,000 35,536,000 25,762,000 28,614,000 
      total net sales
    2,410,000,000 2,540,000,000 2,480,000,000 2,316,000,000 2,482,000,000 2,218,000,000 2,209,000,000 2,191,000,000 2,282,000,000 2,388,000,000 2,393,000,000 2,499,000,000 2,666,000,000 2,895,000,000 2,973,000,000 2,709,000,000 2,464,000,000 2,276,000,000 2,430,000,000 2,059,000,000 1,990,000,000 1,645,000,000 1,808,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,812,000,000 1,663,000,000 1,822,000,000 1,543,000,000 1,651 1,691 1,579,000,000 1,586 1,402 1,422 1,399,000,000 1,373 1,330 1,357 1,319,000,000 -4,291,011,406 1,410,773,000 1,427,886,000 1,452,358,000 1,676,208,000 1,622,641,000 1,694,591,000 1,479,636,000 1,755,974,000 1,648,105,000 1,684,039,000 1,582,296,000 1,479,416,000 1,510,593,000 1,471,113,000 1,403,418,000 1,476,718,000 
      cost of sales and operating expenses:
                                                            
      total cost of sales and operating expenses
    2,219,000,000 2,342,000,000 2,318,000,000 2,174,000,000 2,259,000,000 2,081,000,000 2,080,000,000 2,104,000,000 2,261,000,000 2,223,000,000 2,297,000,000 2,465,000,000 2,400,000,000 2,648,000,000 2,692,000,000 2,473,000,000 2,277,000,000 2,076,000,000 2,177,000,000 1,881,000,000 1,760,000,000 1,527,000,000 1,717,000,000 1,548,000,000 1,632,000,000 1,589,000,000 1,686,000,000 1,493,000,000 1,529 1,575 1,407,000,000 1,452 1,254 1,293 1,261,000,000 1,235 1,222 1,206 1,219,000,000 -4,008,475,802 1,320,930,000 1,328,357,000 1,359,194,000 1,482,144,000 1,461,698,000 1,497,164,000 1,354,048,000 1,630,394,000 1,547,152,000 1,568,629,000 1,455,390,000 1,334,953,000 1,390,027,000 1,316,519,000 1,267,530,000 1,360,253,000 
      gross income
    191,000,000 198,000,000 162,000,000 142,000,000 223,000,000 137,000,000 129,000,000 87,000,000 21,000,000 165,000,000 96,000,000 34,000,000 266,000,000 247,000,000 281,000,000 236,000,000 187,000,000 200,000,000 253,000,000 178,000,000 230,000,000 118,000,000 91,000,000 135,000,000 180,000,000 74,000,000 136,000,000 50,000,000 122 116 172,000,000 134 148 129 138,000,000 138 108 151 100,000,000 -282,535,604 89,843,000 99,529,000 93,164,000 194,064,000 160,943,000 197,427,000 125,588,000 125,580,000 100,953,000 115,410,000 126,906,000 144,463,000 120,566,000 154,594,000 135,888,000 116,465,000 
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    126,000,000 114,000,000 110,000,000 104,000,000 109,000,000 105,000,000 99,000,000 107,000,000 108,000,000 98,000,000 100,000,000 97,000,000 102,000,000 92,000,000 89,000,000 90,000,000 98,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 86,000,000 88,000,000 89,000,000 80,000,000 72,000,000 89,000,000 80,000,000 83,000,000 84,000,000 85 84 75,000,000 93 77 75 72,000,000 70 66 75 64,000,000 -200,083,730 66,892,000 67,867,000 65,325,000 66,133,000 64,857,000 63,088,000 60,385,000 71,493,000 67,183,000 61,861,000 63,448,000 59,406,000 59,843,000 61,238,000 62,914,000 49,476,000 
      operating income
    65,000,000 84,000,000 52,000,000 38,000,000 114,000,000 32,000,000 30,000,000 -20,000,000  67,000,000 -4,000,000 -63,000,000 164,000,000 155,000,000 192,000,000 146,000,000 89,000,000 112,000,000 165,000,000 92,000,000 142,000,000 29,000,000 11,000,000 63,000,000 91,000,000 -6,000,000 53,000,000 -34,000,000 37 32 97,000,000 41 71 54 66,000,000 68 42 76 36,000,000 -82,451,874 22,951,000 31,662,000 27,839,000 127,931,000 96,086,000 134,339,000 65,203,000 54,087,000 33,770,000 53,549,000 63,458,000 85,057,000 60,723,000 93,356,000 72,974,000 66,989,000 
      yoy
    -42.98% 162.50% 73.33% -290.00%  -52.24% -850.00% -68.25%  -56.77% -102.08% -143.15% 84.27% 38.39% 16.36% 58.70% -37.32% 286.21% 1400.00% 46.03% 56.04% -583.33% -79.25% -285.29% 245945845.95% -18750100.00% -45.36% -82926929.27% -47.89% -40.74% 46.97% -39.71% 69.05% -28.95% 83.33% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 29.31% -164.45% -76.11% -76.43% -57.30% 136.53% 184.53% 150.87% 2.75% -36.41% -44.39% -42.64% -13.04% 26.97%     
      qoq
    -22.62% 61.54% 36.84% -66.67% 256.25% 6.67% -250.00%   -1775.00% -93.65% -138.41% 5.81% -19.27% 31.51% 64.04% -20.54% -32.12% 79.35% -35.21% 389.66% 163.64% -82.54% -30.77% -1616.67% -111.32% -255.88% -91891991.89% 15.63% -100.00% 236585265.85% -42.25% 31.48% -100.00% 97058723.53% 61.90% -44.74% -100.00% -143.66% -459.25% -27.51% 13.73% -78.24% 33.14% -28.47% 106.03% 20.55% 60.16% -36.94% -15.62% -25.39% 40.07% -34.96% 27.93% 8.93%  
      interest expense
    -21,000,000 -21,000,000 -18,000,000 -10,000,000 -22,000,000 -21,000,000 -17,000,000 -12,000,000 -17,000,000 -9,000,000 -20,000,000 -12,000,000 -17,000,000 -13,000,000 -12,000,000 2,000,000 -6,000,000 -11,000,000 -6,000,000 10,000,000 -2,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -9,000,000 -9,000,000 -12,000,000  -12 -11  -10    -6    11,919,982 -3,630,000   -4,271,000 -8,408,000      -2,392,000      
      income from affiliates
    57,000,000 39,000,000 29,000,000 13,000,000 26,000,000 17,000,000 23,000,000 19,000,000 31,000,000 23,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 58,000,000 48,000,000 23,000,000 23,000,000   -5,000,000 6,000,000            -2.5   1,000,000 27 21 11 22,000,000 -39,061,930 16,026,000 12,257,000 11,227,000 5,984,750 9,492,000      -2,850,000 2,318,000 9,816,000 9,569,000 17,771,000  
      other income
    32,000,000 23,000,000 49,000,000                                                      
      earnings before income taxes
    133,000,000 125,000,000 112,000,000 40,000,000 136,000,000 41,000,000 46,000,000 23,000,000 -21,000,000 93,000,000 48,000,000 -13,000,000 253,000,000 145,000,000 62,000,000 119,000,000 133,000,000 104,000,000 200,000,000 199,000,000 269,000,000 75,000,000 116,000,000 -174,000,000 168,000,000 -18,000,000 69,000,000 65,000,000 60 11 54,000,000 107 124 84 112,000,000 119 100 96 69,000,000 -112,205,759 13,118,000 51,078,000 48,458,000 146,210,000 167,816,000 144,290,000 75,483,000 74,059,000 36,759,000 58,074,000 70,323,000 94,502,000 66,562,000 116,626,000 96,121,000 50,943,000 
      income tax expense
    -7,750,000 -15,000,000  -8,000,000    -1,000,000    -3,000,000    -15,000,000   -24,000,000    -142,000,000    -11,000,000  -26  -22,000,000 -85 -43 -25 -28,000,000 -15 -25 -16 -14,000,000 44,166,931 -10,317,000   -35,105,250 -63,536,000      -12,566,000      
      net earnings
    255,000,000 110,000,000 104,000,000 32,000,000 156,000,000 -149,000,000 61,000,000 22,000,000 65,000,000 126,000,000 52,000,000 -16,000,000 224,000,000 146,000,000 108,000,000 104,000,000 122,000,000 94,000,000 176,000,000 179,000,000 265,000,000 147,000,000 -26,000,000 -103,000,000 175,000,000 -7,000,000 58,000,000 57,000,000 34 32,000,000 22 81 59 84,000,000 104 75 80 55,000,000 -68,038,828 2,801,000 32,110,000 33,576,000 118,832,000 104,280,000 94,439,000 48,449,000 77,617,000 31,365,000 40,026,000 57,757,000 74,633,000 49,692,000 82,000,000 78,411,000 35,089,000 
      yoy
    63.46% -173.83% 70.49% 45.45% 140.00% -218.25% 17.31% -237.50% -70.98% -13.70% -51.85% -115.38% 83.61% 55.32% -38.64% -41.90% -53.96% -36.05% -776.92% -273.79% 51.43% -2200.00% -144.83% -280.70% 514705782.35% -100000100.00% 81.25% 259090809.09% -58.02% -88.14% -61.90% -78.85% 8.00% -26.25% 52.73% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 63.81% -157.26% -97.31% -66.00% -30.70% 53.10% 232.47% 135.94% -16.12% 4.00% -36.88% -51.19% -26.34% 112.70%     
      qoq
    131.82% 5.77% 225.00% -79.49% -204.70% -344.26% 177.27% -66.15% -48.41% 142.31% -425.00% -107.14% 53.42% 35.19% 3.85% -14.75% 29.79% -46.59% -1.68% -32.45% 80.27% -665.38% -74.76% -158.86% -2600.00% -112.07% 1.75% 167646958.82% 385.71% -100.00% 145454445.45% -72.84% 37.29% -100.00% 80769130.77% 38.67% -6.25% -100.00% -180.84% -2529.09% -91.28% -4.37% -71.74% 13.95% 10.42% 94.92% -37.58% 147.46% -21.64% -30.70% -22.61% 50.19% -39.40% 4.58% 123.46%  
      less: net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000          -1,000,000                                            
      net earnings attributable to seaboard
    253,000,000 109,000,000 102,000,000 32,000,000 154,000,000 -149,000,000 61,000,000 22,000,000 64,000,000 126,000,000 52,000,000 -16,000,000 223,000,000 146,000,000 108,000,000 103,000,000 121,000,000 94,000,000 176,000,000 179,000,000 265,000,000 147,000,000 -26,000,000 -103,000,000 175,000,000 -7,000,000 58,000,000 57,000,000 35 32,000,000 23 81 58 85,000,000 103 75 80 54,000,000 -67,579,829 3,027,000 31,651,000 33,350,000 118,678,000 104,749,000 93,677,000 48,166,000 77,266,000 30,969,000 39,547,000 57,454,000 74,422,000 50,097,000 82,209,000 78,937,000 36,560,000 
      earnings per common share
    262,990,000 113,710,000 105,220,000 32,950,000 158,590,000 -153,440,000 62,820,000 22,660,000 62,650,000 108,550,000 44,800,000 -13,780,000 192,110,000 125,780,000 92,530,000 89,280,000 103,270,000 81,500,000 151,560,000 154,030,000 229,070,000 126,170,000 -22,350,000 -88,430,000 149,810,000 -6,000,000 50,130,000 48,790,000 29.93 6.28 26,750,000 19.38 69.28 50.51 71,840,000 87.83 64.42 68.34 45,910,000 -57,583.56 2,590              65,140 30,070 
      average number of shares outstanding
    -2,202,000,000 958,618,000,000 969,427,000,000 971,055,000,000  971,055,000,000 971,055,000,000 971,055,000,000 -43,143,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000  1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000  1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 -266,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 1,160,779,000,000 1,163,888,000,000 -315,000,000 1,165,081,000,000 1,165,740,000,000 1,167,430,000,000 1,170,550 1,170,550 1,170,550,000,000  1,170,550 1,170,550 1,170,550,000,000  1,170,550 1,170,550 1,170,550,000,000 -1,169,379,450 1,170,550,000 1,170,550,000 1,170,550,000 -2,776,000 1,170,550,000 1,185,633,000 1,187,681,000 -1,205,000 1,191,744,000 1,195,815,000 1,197,516,000 1,201,974,000 1,204,837,000 1,208,905,000 303,968,500 1,215,863,000 
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense:
                                                            
      foreign currency translation adjustment
    5,000,000 23,000,000 15,000,000 -15,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000  -2,000,000 -13,000,000 -3,000,000 1,000,000 12,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000  8,000,000 -15,000,000 15,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 -19,000,000 3,000,000 -11,000,000 2,000,000 -9,000,000  -25 -17 -10,000,000    -3  10 -26,000,000 21,794,966 -7,001,000   -8,171,250 -3,120,000      -6,122,000   460,000   
      unrecognized pension benefit
    8,000,000 -1,000,000                                                       
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
    13,000,000 22,000,000 14,000,000 -14,000,000 30,000,000 4,000,000   -2,000,000 -3,000,000 3,000,000 14,000,000 24,000,000 -12,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 25,000,000 9,000,000 -11,000,000 16,000,000 -1,000,000 10,000,000  5,000,000 -500,000 3,000,000  1,000,000 -24 -20  0.75     11            -6,291,000 -4,501,000  -1,671,000 2,930,000   
      comprehensive income
    268,000,000 132,000,000 118,000,000 18,000,000 186,000,000 -145,000,000 61,000,000 22,000,000 63,000,000 123,000,000 55,000,000 -2,000,000 248,000,000 134,000,000 107,000,000 103,000,000 147,000,000 103,000,000 165,000,000 195,000,000 239,000,000 157,000,000 -45,000,000 -98,000,000 147,000,000 -4,000,000 52,000,000 58,000,000 10 -13 23,000,000 14 80 63 84,000,000 98 69 91 30,000,000 -49,740,853 -3,604,000 24,216,000 29,577,000 78,563,000 101,524,000 92,192,000 22,881,000 90,804,000 18,717,000 33,735,000 53,256,000 71,349,000 48,021,000 84,930,000   
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000          -1,000,000                                            
      comprehensive income attributable to seaboard
    266,000,000 131,000,000 116,000,000 18,000,000 184,000,000 -145,000,000 61,000,000 22,000,000 62,000,000 123,000,000 55,000,000 -2,000,000 247,000,000 134,000,000 107,000,000 102,000,000 146,000,000 103,000,000 165,000,000 195,000,000 238,000,000 157,000,000 -45,000,000 -98,000,000 147,000,000 -4,000,000 52,000,000 58,000,000 11 -13 23,000,000 15 80 62 85,000,000 97 69 91 29,000,000 -49,212,854 -3,378,000 23,765,000 29,274,000 78,413,000 102,000,000 91,427,000 22,602,000 90,460,000 18,319,000 33,213,000 52,959,000 71,129,000 48,443,000 85,083,000   
      income tax benefit
      -8,000,000  20,000,000 -190,000,000 15,000,000  86,000,000 33,000,000 4,000,000  -29,000,000 1,000,000 46,000,000  -13,500,000 -10,000,000  -20,000,000 250,000 72,000,000  71,000,000 -2,000,000 11,000,000                               
      unrecognized pension cost
      -1,000,000 1,000,000 27,000,000 1,000,000  2,000,000 11,000,000  2,000,000 2,000,000 39,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000  25,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 -30,000,000 5,000,000  2,000,000 -17,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000  1,000,000 0.75 1,000,000 0.5  1,000,000 -3,164,991 938,000 945,000 1,282,000 240,000 320,000 320,000 320,000 32,525,000 1,192,000 2,545,000 1,192,000 1,135,000 2,243,000 1,077,000   
      other income:
                                                            
      interest income
       18,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 17,000,000 19,000,000 17,000,000 18,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000  4,000,000 -7,624,960 1,700,000 2,596,000 3,329,000 2,861,000 2,344,000 1,724,000 7,080,000 7,051,000 2,171,000 4,269,000 4,089,000 3,180,000 3,044,000 2,119,000 3,497,000 2,163,000 
      other investment income
       -10,000,000 -10,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 18,000,000 42,000,000 -7,000,000 23,000,000 27,000,000 52,000,000 -64,000,000 -162,000,000 -65,000,000 25,000,000 -9,000,000 46,000,000 71,000,000 125,000,000 56,000,000 128,000,000 -225,000,000 73,000,000 2,000,000 37,000,000 113,000,000 40 12 -37,000,000 58 54 28 37,000,000 27 29 5,000,000 -5,595,000 -26,192,000  6,548,000 1,776,000 -2,990,000 2,787,000 573,000 4,572,000 3,020,000  2,186,000 3,830,000  3,459,000   
      foreign currency losses
       -9,000,000    -1,000,000    -4,000,000                                -2,304,250 -530,000            
      miscellaneous
          -1,000,000   1,000,000 3,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 8,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 -1,000,000    1,000,000       -1,394,250 -4,667,000 3,517,000  -399,500 655,000  140,000 1,116,000 59,000 3,870,000 822,000   1,349,000   
      total other income
       2,000,000 22,000,000 9,000,000 16,000,000 43,000,000 66,000,000 26,000,000 52,000,000 50,000,000 89,000,000 -10,000,000 -130,000,000 -27,000,000 44,000,000 -8,000,000 35,000,000 107,000,000 127,000,000 46,000,000 105,000,000 -237,000,000 77,000,000 -12,000,000 16,000,000 99,000,000 23 -21 -43,000,000 66 53 30 46,000,000 51 58 20 33,000,000 -29,753,885 -9,833,000 19,416,000 20,619,000 18,279,000 71,730,000 9,951,000 10,280,000 19,972,000 2,989,000 4,525,000 6,865,000 9,445,000 5,839,000 23,270,000 23,147,000  
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                   -1,000,000                                         
      other comprehensive income:
                                                            
      foreign currency gains
        12,000,000 -9,000,000 -11,000,000  -7,000,000  7,000,000  -16,000,000 9,000,000 12,000,000  9,000,000 5,000,000 -7,000,000 9,000,000 -10,000,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -11,000,000 750,000 1,000,000  3,000,000  4,000,000 3,000,000 -8 7,000,000 -1,622,999 -152,000 363,000 1,412,000        -1,145,000      
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 0 and 0:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 0, 1, 0 and 1:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 0, 0, 0 and 0:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 1, 1, 1 and 2:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 0 and 1:
                                                            
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                   -1,000,000                  1,000,000         -142,000 476,000        422,000    
      loss from affiliates
                     -1,000,000   9,000,000 -6,000,000 -17,000,000 -4,000,000 8,000,000 -15,000,000 -16,000,000 -18,000,000 -18 -16                           
      less: net loss (earnings) attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 1, 2, 2 and 3:
                                                            
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                     1,000,000     -114,750 226,000          -303,000  405,000 209,000 526,000 1,471,000 
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 1, 1, 1 and 1:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 1 and 0:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 2, 0, 3 and 0:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 1, 0, 1 and 0:
                                                            
      other comprehensive loss, net of tax
                          -19,000,000    -6,000,000         -6   -25,000,000 18,297,975 -6,405,000 -7,894,000 -3,999,000 -40,269,000 -2,756,000 -2,247,000 -25,568,000 13,187,000 -12,648,000   -3,284,000     
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 0, (1), 0 and 0:
                                                            
      foreign currency gains (loss)
                              -1,000,000                              
      other comprehensive loss, net of income tax benefit of 0, 1, 0 and 1:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 0:
                                                            
      interest income from affiliates
                                 1,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 -21,320,971 7,082,000 7,179,000 7,060,000 7,388,000 6,775,000 6,880,000 6,356,000 7,694,000 5,476,000 5,370,000 6,155,000 4,759,000 5,033,000 5,217,000 5,210,000 4,769,000 
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of , 1, 0 and 0:
                                                            
      unrealized gain on investments
                                    1,000,000    83,000 -342,000  677,000   498,000 526,000  227,000  429,000 1,604,000  1,484,000   
      dividends declared per common share
                                1.5 1.5 1,500,000 1.5 1.5 1.5 1,500,000                      
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 1, 0, 1 and :
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax expense of 0 and :
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 1, 1, 0 and 9:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 0, , and 8:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of and 10:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 1, 1, 9 and 2:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of , 1, 8 and 1:
                                                            
      services revenues
                                          236,000,000                  
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 10 and 0:
                                                            
      service revenues
                                           185,921,750 242,732,000 251,846,000 249,109,000 251,254,000 218,988,000 224,127,000 212,033,000 247,017,000 221,619,000 237,948,000 246,012,000      
      gain on sale of controlling interest in subsidiary
                                               1,563,000 64,392,000            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 730, 1,506, 1,554 and 11,894:
                                                            
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges
                                               -122,000 149,000  361,000          
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests
                                           -132,000 226,000                
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 682, 725, 824 and 10,388:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 142 and 9,663:
                                                            
      less: comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
                                                            
      less: net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                               -144,000 469,000            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 1,506, 4,012, 11,894 and 9,552:
                                                            
      unrealized gain (loss) on investments
                                               229,750 -105,000            
      income (loss) from affiliates
                                                 7,803,000 6,644,000          
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 725, 2,939, 10,388 and 5,540:
                                                            
      less: comprehensive income attributable to
                                                            
      noncontrolling interests
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 9,663 and 2,601:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 4,012, 1, 9,552 and 2,566:
                                                            
      unrealized loss on cash flow hedges
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 2,939, 1,752, 5,540 and 2,565:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 2,601 and 813:
                                                            
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
                                                      -297,000   153,000   
      gain on sale of power generating facilities
                                                            
      foreign currency gain
                                                       165,000  3,264,000 -3,435,000  
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 1, 2,340, 2,566 and 2,749:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 1,752, 114, 2,565 and 409:
                                                            
      other comprehensive income, net of income tax benefit of 813 and 295:
                                                            
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
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      Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-27 2025-06-28 2025-03-29 2024-12-31 2024-09-28 2024-06-29 2024-03-30 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-07-01 2023-04-01 2022-12-31 2022-10-01 2022-07-02 2022-04-02 2021-12-31 2021-10-02 2021-07-03 2021-04-03 2020-12-31 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-31 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-09-29 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-07-01 2017-04-01 2016-10-01 2016-07-02 2016-04-02 2015-12-31 2015-10-03 2015-07-04 2015-04-04 2014-12-31 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-12-31 2013-09-28 2013-06-29 2013-03-30 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-10-01 
                                                             
        assets
                                                             
        current assets:
                                                             
        cash and cash equivalents
      178,000,000 205,000,000 117,000,000 87,000,000 98,000,000 106,000,000 79,000,000 78,000,000 56,000,000 100,000,000 68,000,000 84,000,000 199,000,000 70,000,000 95,000,000 94,000,000  62,000,000 92,000,000 65,000,000 76,000,000 92,000,000 79,000,000 101,000,000 125,000,000 121,000,000 110,000,000 59,000,000 78,000,000 79,000,000 100,000,000 116,000,000 61,000,000 70,000,000 43,000,000 113,000,000 151,000,000 53,000,000 50,000,000 49,208,000 80,093,000 47,916,000 36,459,000 56,033,000 73,654,000 38,877,000 55,055,000 31,753,000 39,011,000 43,285,000 54,505,000 48,126,000 53,053,000 71,510,000 50,937,000 
        short-term investments
      1,052,000,000 1,039,000,000 986,000,000 1,015,000,000 1,075,000,000 1,096,000,000 1,072,000,000 1,079,000,000 973,000,000 1,134,000,000 1,225,000,000 1,213,000,000 1,086,000,000 1,023,000,000 1,101,000,000 1,295,000,000  1,516,000,000 1,483,000,000 1,384,000,000 1,465,000,000 1,245,000,000 1,178,000,000 1,125,000,000 1,434,000,000 1,418,000,000 1,440,000,000 1,488,000,000 1,590,000,000 1,264,000,000 1,264,000,000 1,576,000,000 1,358,000,000 1,391,000,000 1,286,000,000 1,180,000,000 1,143,000,000 1,185,000,000 1,254,000,000 689,443,000 626,537,000 597,619,000 490,566,000 362,965,000 325,134,000 392,222,000 290,649,000 244,995,000 358,506,000 350,802,000 377,207,000 440,037,000 359,834,000 323,256,000 300,203,000 
        receivables:
                                                             
        trade
      589,000,000 641,000,000 634,000,000 599,000,000 569,000,000 585,000,000 547,000,000 535,000,000 500,000,000 507,000,000 553,000,000 601,000,000         381,000,000    370,000,000       299,000,000       330,000,000    328,015,000    419,598,000       280,279,000  
        due from affiliates
      97,000,000 86,000,000 103,000,000 89,000,000 87,000,000 88,000,000 120,000,000 118,000,000 127,000,000 121,000,000 148,000,000 139,000,000         111,000,000    109,000,000       113,000,000       86,000,000    201,870,000    145,041,000       126,616,000  
        other
      111,000,000 123,000,000 130,000,000 129,000,000 166,000,000 177,000,000 186,000,000 152,000,000 152,000,000 126,000,000 142,000,000 125,000,000         68,000,000    195,000,000       92,000,000       115,000,000    116,041,000    99,597,000       81,255,000  
        total receivables
      797,000,000 850,000,000 867,000,000 817,000,000 822,000,000 850,000,000 853,000,000 805,000,000 779,000,000 754,000,000 843,000,000 865,000,000         560,000,000    674,000,000       511,000,000       531,000,000                 
        allowance for credit losses
      -42,000,000 -40,000,000 -35,000,000 -31,000,000 -31,000,000 -31,000,000 -30,000,000 -31,000,000 -30,000,000 -27,000,000 -27,000,000 -31,000,000         -28,000,000                                   
        receivables
      756,000,000 810,000,000 832,000,000 786,000,000 791,000,000 819,000,000 823,000,000 774,000,000 749,000,000 727,000,000 816,000,000 834,000,000 923,000,000         525,000,000 551,000,000 691,000,000  529,000,000 546,000,000 504,000,000 506,000,000 521,000,000 608,000,000  622,000,000 605,000,000 606,000,000 451,000,000 414,000,000                   
        inventories
      1,513,000,000 1,379,000,000 1,534,000,000 1,468,000,000 1,408,000,000 1,356,000,000 1,399,000,000 1,324,000,000 1,462,000,000 1,516,000,000 1,610,000,000 1,587,000,000 1,670,000,000 1,816,000,000 1,844,000,000 1,698,000,000  1,542,000,000 1,497,000,000 1,360,000,000 1,178,000,000 1,062,000,000 989,000,000 1,122,000,000 1,022,000,000 916,000,000 871,000,000 988,000,000 874,000,000 874,000,000 797,000,000 780,000,000 828,000,000 722,000,000 842,000,000 779,000,000 659,000,000 694,000,000 739,000,000 694,249,000 664,970,000 716,084,000 736,302,000 733,640,000 724,636,000 650,440,000 698,998,000 781,848,000 752,101,000 842,464,000 806,520,000 606,214,000 694,694,000 644,930,000 658,051,000 
        other current assets
      131,000,000 124,000,000 135,000,000 133,000,000 146,000,000 136,000,000 129,000,000 132,000,000 123,000,000 128,000,000 147,000,000 148,000,000 139,000,000 162,000,000 157,000,000 139,000,000  137,000,000 164,000,000 130,000,000 59,000,000 91,000,000 117,000,000 115,000,000 75,000,000 112,000,000 107,000,000 143,000,000 124,000,000 128,000,000 134,000,000 80,000,000 120,000,000 119,000,000 109,000,000 104,000,000 118,000,000 99,000,000 111,000,000 115,894,000 124,684,000 121,270,000 110,053,000 128,651,000 125,947,000 124,823,000 134,394,000 132,742,000 126,937,000 117,481,000 133,301,000 99,576,000 95,761,000 91,934,000 114,693,000 
        total current assets
      3,630,000,000 3,557,000,000 3,604,000,000 3,489,000,000 3,518,000,000 3,513,000,000 3,502,000,000 3,387,000,000 3,363,000,000 3,605,000,000 3,866,000,000 3,866,000,000 4,017,000,000 3,955,000,000 4,141,000,000 4,069,000,000  3,914,000,000 3,878,000,000 3,611,000,000 3,354,000,000 3,015,000,000 2,914,000,000 3,154,000,000 3,350,000,000 3,096,000,000 3,074,000,000 3,182,000,000 3,172,000,000 2,866,000,000 2,903,000,000 3,128,000,000 2,989,000,000 2,907,000,000 2,886,000,000 2,627,000,000 2,485,000,000 2,482,000,000 2,664,000,000 2,060,936,000 2,031,705,000 2,054,501,000 2,052,992,000 1,843,944,000 1,857,061,000 1,778,418,000 1,853,949,000 1,788,392,000 1,837,022,000 1,879,135,000 1,917,759,000 1,690,071,000 1,720,587,000 1,632,042,000 1,627,239,000 
        property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
      2,820,000,000 2,766,000,000 2,668,000,000 2,587,000,000 2,560,000,000 2,522,000,000 2,470,000,000 2,433,000,000 2,410,000,000 2,332,000,000 2,287,000,000 2,260,000,000                                            
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      362,000,000 385,000,000 342,000,000 348,000,000 382,000,000 372,000,000 390,000,000 402,000,000  368,000,000 402,000,000                                             
        investments in and advances to affiliates
      795,000,000 766,000,000 745,000,000 738,000,000 738,000,000 725,000,000 721,000,000 744,000,000 731,000,000 742,000,000 734,000,000 759,000,000 753,000,000 717,000,000 677,000,000 679,000,000  656,000,000 666,000,000 677,000,000 698,000,000 698,000,000 706,000,000 731,000,000 735,000,000 734,000,000 783,000,000 789,000,000 823,000,000 849,000,000 866,000,000 851,000,000 846,000,000 824,000,000 786,000,000 756,000,000 742,000,000 722,000,000 671,000,000 635,949,000 605,014,000 539,004,000 523,063,000 522,071,000 417,652,000 408,643,000 406,900,000 396,559,000 403,969,000 404,322,000 388,003,000 384,071,000 371,129,000 364,840,000 353,167,000 
        goodwill
      168,000,000 168,000,000 162,000,000 159,000,000 164,000,000 161,000,000 161,000,000 163,000,000 160,000,000 162,000,000 162,000,000 161,000,000 154,000,000 159,000,000 159,000,000 161,000,000  165,000,000 164,000,000 172,000,000 167,000,000 164,000,000 163,000,000 164,000,000 164,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 166,000,000    22,000,000       12,000,000    14,846,000 14,846,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 43,218,000 40,628,000 40,628,000 
        long-term investments
      208,000,000                                                       
        deferred tax asset
      145,000,000 3,000,000 7,000,000 72,000,000 69,000,000   212,000,000 199,000,000                                               
        other non-current assets
      118,000,000 314,000,000 327,000,000 240,000,000 215,000,000 209,000,000 227,000,000 236,000,000 283,000,000 387,000,000 354,000,000 329,000,000 256,000,000 283,000,000 246,000,000 246,000,000  236,000,000 202,000,000 201,000,000 154,000,000 181,000,000 182,000,000 187,000,000 101,000,000 150,000,000 138,000,000 143,000,000 342,000,000 357,000,000 360,000,000 83,000,000 77,000,000 78,000,000 93,000,000 90,000,000 73,000,000 72,000,000 50,000,000                 
        total assets
      8,246,000,000 7,959,000,000 7,855,000,000 7,633,000,000 7,665,000,000 7,534,000,000 7,698,000,000 7,577,000,000 7,566,000,000 7,596,000,000 7,805,000,000 7,795,000,000 7,902,000,000 7,744,000,000 7,810,000,000 7,669,000,000 639,000,000 7,257,000,000 7,070,000,000 6,693,000,000 6,399,000,000 5,976,000,000 5,873,000,000 6,155,000,000 6,285,000,000 5,946,000,000 5,901,000,000 5,976,000,000 5,435,000,000 5,176,000,000 5,255,000,000 5,161,000,000 4,993,000,000 4,862,000,000 4,808,000,000 4,643,000,000 4,427,000,000 4,396,000,000 4,431,000,000 3,804,233,000 3,738,346,000 3,714,664,000 3,677,320,000 3,470,069,000 3,435,883,000 3,339,814,000 3,418,048,000 3,329,885,000 3,345,758,000 3,368,334,000 3,358,913,000 3,110,167,000 3,112,144,000 3,006,728,000 2,970,559,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                             
        current liabilities:
                                                             
        lines of credit
      458,000,000 513,000,000 516,000,000 387,000,000 314,000,000 427,000,000 471,000,000 389,000,000 255,000,000 170,000,000 444,000,000 459,000,000 457,000,000 490,000,000 554,000,000 531,000,000  467,000,000 474,000,000 346,000,000 222,000,000 271,000,000 220,000,000 339,000,000 246,000,000 210,000,000                              
        accounts payable
      397,000,000 319,000,000 317,000,000 353,000,000 418,000,000 361,000,000 359,000,000 348,000,000 400,000,000 369,000,000 348,000,000 368,000,000 429,000,000 421,000,000 539,000,000 466,000,000  398,000,000 390,000,000 338,000,000 276,000,000 210,000,000 189,000,000 336,000,000 368,000,000 235,000,000 262,000,000 297,000,000 227,000,000 238,000,000 221,000,000 256,000,000 190,000,000 188,000,000 163,000,000 213,000,000 158,000,000 193,000,000 200,000,000 204,950,000 163,977,000 165,036,000 181,686,000 165,882,000 193,658,000 143,305,000 175,916,000 166,649,000 168,006,000 173,250,000 221,348,000 146,022,000 130,862,000 151,869,000 125,755,000 
        accrued compensation and benefits
      122,000,000    128,000,000    143,000,000    158,000,000        110,000,000    131,000,000       118,000,000       121,000,000    126,513,000    127,212,000       114,323,000  
        deferred revenue
      77,000,000 51,000,000 92,000,000 82,000,000 83,000,000 63,000,000 52,000,000 60,000,000 66,000,000 98,000,000 79,000,000 101,000,000 70,000,000 124,000,000 112,000,000 115,000,000  99,000,000 95,000,000 88,000,000 89,000,000 58,000,000 44,000,000 57,000,000 80,000,000 46,000,000 37,000,000 46,000,000 83,000,000 56,000,000 75,000,000 47,000,000 140,000,000 98,000,000 150,000,000 106,000,000 101,000,000 100,000,000 47,000,000 76,896,000 66,713,000 69,724,000 51,158,000 72,471,000 61,658,000 72,691,000 43,953,000 58,052,000 64,310,000 76,950,000 92,176,000 55,381,000 78,933,000 29,147,000 43,563,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      113,000,000 123,000,000 118,000,000 123,000,000 134,000,000 125,000,000 128,000,000 123,000,000 117,000,000 130,000,000 148,000,000 151,000,000 156,000,000 155,000,000 160,000,000 166,000,000  150,000,000 137,000,000 114,000,000 111,000,000 111,000,000 113,000,000 114,000,000 104,000,000 97,000,000 98,000,000 101,000,000                            
        accrued voyage costs
      78,000,000    74,000,000    56,000,000    61,000,000        68,000,000    68,000,000       35,000,000       44,000,000    45,092,000    49,621,000       46,399,000  
        other current liabilities
      265,000,000 451,000,000 456,000,000 439,000,000 256,000,000 461,000,000 417,000,000 414,000,000 298,000,000 398,000,000 439,000,000 374,000,000 198,000,000 408,000,000 392,000,000 354,000,000  316,000,000 308,000,000 288,000,000 145,000,000 304,000,000 374,000,000 293,000,000 130,000,000 279,000,000 266,000,000 259,000,000 287,000,000 283,000,000 270,000,000 91,000,000 298,000,000 295,000,000 281,000,000 328,000,000 276,000,000 272,000,000 98,000,000 327,215,000 306,368,000 292,623,000 92,795,000 301,035,000 262,832,000 248,985,000  283,548,000 313,960,000 316,079,000 311,689,000 246,980,000 248,290,000  270,398,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,510,000,000 1,457,000,000 1,499,000,000 1,384,000,000 1,407,000,000 1,437,000,000 1,427,000,000 1,334,000,000 1,335,000,000 1,165,000,000 1,458,000,000 1,453,000,000 1,529,000,000 1,598,000,000 1,757,000,000 1,632,000,000  1,438,000,000 1,413,000,000 1,183,000,000 1,076,000,000 1,010,000,000 1,022,000,000 1,274,000,000 1,189,000,000 959,000,000 905,000,000 1,036,000,000 769,000,000 742,000,000 787,000,000 818,000,000 775,000,000 741,000,000 754,000,000 793,000,000 652,000,000 719,000,000 766,000,000 713,526,000 640,310,000 650,694,000 634,832,000 568,222,000 641,646,000 522,413,000 615,327,000 586,283,000 625,449,000 657,960,000 706,256,000 532,999,000 577,601,000 561,409,000 598,011,000 
        long-term debt, less current maturities
      977,000,000 982,000,000 984,000,000 987,000,000 987,000,000 992,000,000 992,000,000 994,000,000 997,000,000 696,000,000 698,000,000 699,000,000 702,000,000 703,000,000 704,000,000 705,000,000  709,000,000 711,000,000 704,000,000 707,000,000 683,000,000 687,000,000 686,000,000 730,000,000 733,000,000 734,000,000 735,000,000 741,000,000 508,000,000 522,000,000 482,000,000 490,000,000 495,000,000 499,000,000 503,000,000 507,000,000 506,000,000 518,000,000      628,000 80,484,000 80,480,000 104,172,000 104,172,000 109,898,000 139,672,000 139,814,000 121,165,000 116,367,000 118,378,000 
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      275,000,000 290,000,000 251,000,000 254,000,000 276,000,000 273,000,000 288,000,000 305,000,000 304,000,000 265,000,000 281,000,000 299,000,000 318,000,000 279,000,000 306,000,000 334,000,000  336,000,000 315,000,000 298,000,000 318,000,000 331,000,000 354,000,000 379,000,000 379,000,000 382,000,000 391,000,000 403,000,000                            
        accrued pension liability
      71,000,000 72,000,000 70,000,000 68,000,000 67,000,000    74,000,000    71,000,000        179,000,000    159,000,000       128,000,000       132,000,000    135,673,000    80,918,000       106,673,000  
        deferred tax liability
      31,000,000 39,000,000 38,000,000 30,000,000 32,000,000    32,000,000                                               
        other non-current liabilities
      147,000,000 148,000,000 158,000,000 145,000,000 147,000,000 266,000,000 278,000,000 290,000,000 190,000,000 287,000,000 306,000,000 335,000,000 268,000,000 393,000,000                                          
        total liabilities
      3,011,000,000 2,988,000,000 3,000,000,000 2,868,000,000 2,916,000,000 2,968,000,000 2,985,000,000 2,923,000,000 2,932,000,000 2,413,000,000 2,743,000,000 2,786,000,000 2,888,000,000    277,000,000                                       
        commitments and contingent liabilities
                                                             
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                             
        common stock of 1 par value. 1,250,000 shares authorized; 957,794 and 971,055 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
      1,000,000                                                       
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -341,000,000 -354,000,000 -376,000,000 -390,000,000 -376,000,000 -406,000,000 -410,000,000 -410,000,000 -410,000,000 -408,000,000 -405,000,000 -408,000,000 -422,000,000 -446,000,000 -434,000,000 -433,000,000  -457,000,000 -466,000,000 -455,000,000 -471,000,000 -444,000,000 -454,000,000 -435,000,000 -440,000,000 -412,000,000 -415,000,000 -409,000,000 -414,000,000 -390,000,000 -370,000,000 -354,000,000 -301,000,000 -300,000,000 -304,000,000 -298,000,000 -292,000,000 -303,000,000 -278,000,000 -270,935,000          -176,045,000      
        retained earnings
      5,552,000,000 5,303,000,000 5,210,000,000 5,134,000,000 5,104,000,000 4,953,000,000 5,104,000,000 5,045,000,000 5,025,000,000 5,572,000,000 5,448,000,000 5,398,000,000 5,417,000,000 5,197,000,000 5,053,000,000 4,947,000,000  4,729,000,000 4,637,000,000 4,463,000,000 4,287,000,000 3,978,000,000 3,833,000,000 3,861,000,000 3,983,000,000 3,811,000,000 3,823,000,000 3,768,000,000 3,825,000,000 3,792,000,000 3,787,000,000 3,750,000,000 3,683,000,000 3,604,000,000 3,548,000,000 3,363,000,000 3,287,000,000 3,207,000,000 3,153,000,000 3,049,382,000 3,046,355,000 3,000,714,000 2,967,364,000 2,848,686,000 2,743,937,000 2,699,621,000 2,655,857,000 2,585,523,000 2,558,209,000 2,531,983,000 2,422,322,000 2,350,143,000 2,309,654,000 2,233,778,000 2,163,650,000 
        total seaboard stockholders’ equity
      5,212,000,000 4,950,000,000 4,835,000,000 4,745,000,000 4,729,000,000 4,548,000,000 4,695,000,000 4,636,000,000 4,616,000,000 5,165,000,000 5,044,000,000 4,991,000,000 4,996,000,000 4,752,000,000 4,620,000,000 4,515,000,000  4,273,000,000 4,172,000,000 4,009,000,000 3,817,000,000 3,535,000,000 3,380,000,000 3,427,000,000 3,544,000,000 3,400,000,000 3,409,000,000 3,360,000,000 3,412,000,000 3,403,000,000 3,418,000,000 3,397,000,000 3,383,000,000 3,305,000,000 3,245,000,000 3,066,000,000 2,996,000,000 2,905,000,000 2,876,000,000 2,779,618,000 2,782,996,000 2,745,249,000 2,715,898,000 2,637,489,000 2,535,496,000 2,493,443,000 2,475,249,000 2,391,730,000 2,377,066,000 2,357,136,000 2,265,433,000 2,196,539,000 2,157,726,000  2,035,413,000 
        noncontrolling interests
      23,000,000 21,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000  17,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,677,000 4,903,000 4,452,000 4,375,000 5,090,000 5,747,000 5,000,000 4,721,000 4,820,000 4,431,000 3,927,000 5,811,000 5,600,000 6,031,000 543,000 1,004,000 
        total equity
      5,235,000,000 4,971,000,000 4,855,000,000 4,765,000,000 4,749,000,000 4,566,000,000 4,713,000,000 4,654,000,000 4,634,000,000 5,183,000,000 5,062,000,000 5,009,000,000 5,014,000,000 4,771,000,000 4,639,000,000 4,534,000,000 362,000,000 4,290,000,000 4,183,000,000 4,020,000,000 3,828,000,000 3,545,000,000 3,390,000,000 3,437,000,000 3,554,000,000 3,410,000,000 3,419,000,000 3,370,000,000 3,426,000,000 3,418,000,000 3,433,000,000 3,408,000,000 3,396,000,000 3,318,000,000 3,257,000,000 3,078,000,000 3,008,000,000 2,913,000,000 2,882,000,000 2,784,295,000 2,787,899,000 2,749,701,000 2,720,273,000 2,642,579,000 2,541,243,000 2,498,443,000 2,479,970,000 2,396,550,000 2,381,497,000 2,361,063,000 2,271,244,000 2,202,139,000 2,163,757,000 2,079,467,000 2,036,417,000 
        total liabilities and equity
      8,246,000,000    7,665,000,000    7,566,000,000    7,902,000,000                                           
        see accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                             
        common stock of 1 par value. 1,250,000 shares authorized; 957,951 and 971,055 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
       1,000,000                                                      
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
       7,959,000,000 7,855,000,000 7,633,000,000  7,534,000,000 7,698,000,000 7,577,000,000  7,596,000,000 7,805,000,000 7,795,000,000  7,744,000,000 7,810,000,000 7,669,000,000  7,257,000,000 7,070,000,000 6,693,000,000 6,399,000,000 5,976,000,000 5,873,000,000 6,155,000,000 6,285,000,000 5,946,000,000 5,901,000,000 5,976,000,000 5,435,000,000 5,176,000,000 5,255,000,000 5,161,000,000 4,993,000,000 4,862,000,000 4,808,000,000 4,643,000,000 4,427,000,000 4,396,000,000 4,431,000,000 3,804,233,000 3,738,346,000 3,714,664,000 3,677,320,000 3,470,069,000 3,435,883,000 3,339,814,000 3,418,048,000 3,329,885,000 3,345,758,000 3,368,334,000 3,358,913,000 3,110,167,000 3,112,144,000  2,970,559,000 
        common stock of 1 par value. 1,250,000 shares authorized; 962,476 and 971,055 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
        1,000,000                                                     
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 971,055 shares in 2025 and 2024
         1,000,000                                                    
        other intangible assets
          19,000,000    26,000,000    31,000,000        54,000,000    58,000,000              3,000,000    3,872,000 4,060,000 18,872,000 18,935,000 18,997,000 19,074,000 19,219,000 19,364,000      
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 971,055 shares in 2024 and 2023
          1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                                
        deferred tax assets
           32,000,000 227,000,000                                                 
        operating lease right of use assets
              394,000,000   420,000,000 445,000,000 403,000,000 435,000,000 467,000,000  449,000,000 416,000,000 375,000,000 390,000,000 404,000,000 429,000,000 456,000,000 446,000,000 443,000,000 453,000,000 464,000,000                            
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 971,055 and 1,160,779 shares in 2023 and 2022, respectively
              1,000,000                                               
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,160,779 shares in 2023 and 2022
               1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                            
        property, plant and equipment
                  2,246,000,000 2,227,000,000 2,152,000,000 2,047,000,000  1,837,000,000 1,744,000,000 1,657,000,000  1,514,000,000 1,479,000,000 1,463,000,000  1,358,000,000 1,288,000,000 1,232,000,000                            
        deferred income taxes
                    15,000,000 76,000,000  75,000,000 85,000,000 119,000,000 103,000,000 24,000,000 29,000,000 13,000,000 76,000,000 127,000,000 143,000,000 139,000,000 143,000,000 146,000,000 150,000,000 112,000,000 122,000,000 96,000,000 89,000,000 66,000,000 33,000,000 30,000,000  56,042,000 46,435,000 45,247,000 45,647,000 27,642,000 25,170,000 23,750,000 23,449,000 22,753,000 22,218,000 24,586,000 23,057,000 23,344,000 23,078,000 23,203,000 22,398,000 
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,160,779 shares in 2022 and in 2021
                  1,000,000                                           
        accounts receivable
                   884,000,000 944,000,000 843,000,000  657,000,000 642,000,000 672,000,000                  451,000,000  456,100,000 488,986,000 526,365,000  535,013,000 582,520,000 548,306,000  574,301,000 538,249,000 500,517,000 523,169,000 472,774,000 494,167,000  480,957,000 
        total non-current liabilities
                   1,375,000,000 1,414,000,000 1,503,000,000  1,529,000,000 1,474,000,000 1,490,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,421,000,000 1,461,000,000 1,444,000,000 1,542,000,000 1,577,000,000 1,577,000,000 1,570,000,000 1,240,000,000 1,016,000,000 1,035,000,000 935,000,000 822,000,000 803,000,000 797,000,000 772,000,000 767,000,000 764,000,000 783,000,000 306,412,000 310,137,000 314,269,000 322,215,000 259,268,000 252,994,000 318,958,000 322,751,000 347,052,000 338,812,000 349,311,000    365,852,000  
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,160,779 shares in 2022 and 2021
                   1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                        
        other liabilities
                    389,000,000 388,000,000  409,000,000 363,000,000 369,000,000 182,000,000 321,000,000 329,000,000 304,000,000 136,000,000 262,000,000 236,000,000 220,000,000 261,000,000 260,000,000 252,000,000                    192,256,000 187,622,000 184,904,000  158,358,000 
        pork
                      3,000,000                                       
        ct&m
                      18,000,000                                       
        marine
                      6,000,000                                       
        sugar and alcohol
                                                             
        power
                                                             
        turkey
                      -20,000,000                                       
        segment/consolidated totals
                      7,000,000                                       
        ​
                      2,019,000,000                                       
        pork segment
                                                             
        net sales
                      1,453,000,000                                       
        net income
                      -43,000,000                                       
        current maturities of long-term debt
                       8,000,000 9,000,000 9,000,000 55,000,000 56,000,000 82,000,000 105,000,000 62,000,000 58,000,000 54,000,000 53,000,000 10,000,000 24,000,000 23,000,000 53,000,000 50,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000 13,000,000 8,000,000 4,000,000      85,500,000 11,426,000 11,697,000 11,856,000 12,009,000 22,927,000 44,196,000 44,183,000 41,447,000 40,885,000 36,724,000 
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,160,779 shares in 2021 and 2020
                       1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                    
        net receivables
                          532,000,000    646,000,000       482,000,000       510,000,000    633,965,000    651,404,000       477,209,000  
        prepaid expenses
                          44,000,000    48,000,000       94,000,000                        
        net property, plant and equipment
                          1,582,000,000    1,431,000,000    1,098,000,000 1,104,000,000 1,126,000,000 1,077,000,000 1,064,000,000 1,034,000,000 1,024,000,000 978,000,000 930,000,000 907,000,000 831,000,000 842,113,000 839,661,000 849,185,000 846,757,000 846,178,000 862,673,000 858,010,000 863,573,000 857,848,000 866,315,000 848,879,000 828,137,000 812,501,000 801,600,000 796,822,000 777,568,000 
        long-term income tax liability
                          6,000,000 62,000,000 62,000,000 62,000,000 62,000,000 73,000,000 73,000,000 73,000,000 95,000,000 102,000,000 111,000,000 111,000,000                        
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,160,779 shares in 2020 and 1,164,848 shares in 2019
                          1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                
        deferred revenue from affiliates
                             30,000,000  34,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000    34,000,000       46,000,000        2,239,000 11,308,000 1,787,000 17,183,000 12,940,000 10,079,000 38,486,000 27,806,000 17,571,000 
        allowance for doubtful accounts
                              -28,000,000       -29,000,000       -21,000,000                 
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,164,848 shares in 2019 and 1,169,217 shares in 2018
                              1,000,000 1,000,000                              
        notes payable to banks
                                160,000,000 252,000,000 162,000,000 141,000,000 198,000,000 162,000,000 97,000,000 142,000,000 142,000,000 129,000,000 104,000,000 146,000,000 141,000,000 104,465,000 103,252,000 123,311,000 75,524,000 28,834,000 37,998,000 46,006,000 67,699,000 54,870,000 65,377,000 51,571,000 23,907,000 30,354,000 39,583,000 16,219,000 104,000,000 
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,165,407 shares in 2019 and 1,169,217 shares in 2018
                                1,000,000                             
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,165,821 shares in 2019 and 1,169,217 shares in 2018
                                 1,000,000                            
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,170,550 shares
                                  1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,171,000                
        notes receivable from affiliates
                                     7,000,000 17,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 192,000,000 197,000,000 213,000,000 200,000,000 196,087,000 191,778,000 201,555,000 197,270,000 194,244,000 189,856,000 184,735,000 180,386,000 175,001,000        
        payables due to affiliates
                                     16,000,000       39,000,000    32,532,000    24,326,000         
        accrued commodity inventory
                                     6,000,000       26,000,000    29,532,000    29,248,000       54,357,000  
        other liabilities and deferred credits
                                     102,000,000 210,000,000 212,000,000 209,000,000 203,000,000 227,000,000 228,000,000 92,000,000 234,492,000 234,108,000 227,262,000 91,004,000 177,992,000 173,473,000 170,845,000 88,017,000 204,636,000 206,340,000 209,421,000    76,512,000  
        other assets
                                             69,148,000 70,188,000 70,419,000 38,520,000 44,726,000 46,551,000 47,855,000 51,025,000 49,793,000 47,925,000 48,605,000 43,604,000 44,384,000 42,482,000 41,997,000 41,662,000 
        common stock of 1 par value,
                                                             
        authorized 1,250,000 shares;
                                                             
        issued and outstanding 1,170,550 shares
                                              1,171,000 1,171,000              
        receivables: - sum
                                                645,926,000    664,236,000       488,150,000  
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,170,550 and 1,188,955 shares
                                                1,171,000             
        issued and outstanding 1,170,550 and 1,188,955 shares
                                                 1,171,000 1,171,000           
        issued and outstanding 1,187,288 and 1,188,955 shares
                                                   1,187,000          
        other accrued liabilities
                                                    83,416,000       80,404,000  
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,188,955 and 1,197,660 shares
                                                    1,189,000         
        issued and outstanding 1,191,230 and 1,197,660 shares
                                                     1,191,000        
        notes receivable from affiliate
                                                      128,090,000 124,811,000 118,510,000 116,096,000  110,903,000  
        common stock of 1 par value, authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,192,568 and 1,197,660 shares
                                                      1,193,000       
        common stock of 1 par value, authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,197,513 and 1,197,660 shares
                                                       1,198,000      
        intangible assets
                                                        19,682,000 19,826,000 19,972,000 19,496,000 19,559,000 
        total non-current and deferred liabilities
                                                        381,413,000 375,029,000 370,786,000  336,131,000 
        common stock of 1 par value, authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,201,422 and 1,210,597 shares
                                                        1,201,000     
        issued and outstanding 1,202,472 and 1,210,597 shares
                                                         1,202,000    
        note receivable from affiliate
                                                          113,156,000  110,736,000 
        issued and outstanding 1,207,347 and 1,210,597 shares
                                                          1,207,000   
        deferred costs
                                                             
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                             
        stockholders' equity:
                                                             
        common stock of 1 par value. authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,210,597 and 1,215,879 shares
                                                           1,211,000  
        total seaboard stockholders' equity
                                                           2,078,924,000  
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                           3,006,728,000  
        common stock of 1 par value, authorized 1,250,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,215,279 and 1,215,879 shares
                                                            1,215,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-27 2025-06-28 2025-03-29 2024-12-31 2024-09-28 2024-06-29 2024-03-30 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-07-01 2023-04-01 2022-12-31 2022-10-01 2022-07-02 2022-04-02 2021-12-31 2021-10-02 2021-07-03 2021-04-03 2020-12-31 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-31 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-09-29 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-07-01 2017-04-01 2016-10-01 2016-07-02 2016-04-02 2015-12-31 2015-10-03 2015-07-04 2015-04-04 2014-12-31 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-12-31 2013-09-28 2013-06-29 2013-03-30 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 
                                                              
          operating activities:
                                                              
          net earnings
        255,000,000 110,000,000 104,000,000 32,000,000 156,000,000 -149,000,000 61,000,000 22,000,000 65,000,000 126,000,000 52,000,000 -16,000,000 224,000,000 146,000,000 108,000,000 104,000,000 122,000,000 94,000,000 176,000,000 179,000,000 265,000,000 147,000,000 -26,000,000 -103,000,000 175,000,000 -7,000,000 58,000,000 57,000,000 34,000,000 7,000,000 32,000,000 22,000,000 81,000,000 59,000,000 84,000,000 75,000,000 80,000,000 55,000,000 103,961,000 2,801,000 31,662,000 33,576,000 118,832,000 104,280,000 94,439,000 48,449,000 77,617,000 31,365,000 40,026,000 57,757,000 74,633,000 49,692,000 82,000,000 78,411,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash from operating activities:
                                                              
          depreciation and amortization
        82,000,000 78,000,000 80,000,000 78,000,000 96,000,000 73,000,000 73,000,000 69,000,000 69,000,000 72,000,000 71,000,000 71,000,000 72,000,000 61,000,000 52,000,000 50,000,000 47,000,000 44,000,000 45,000,000 42,000,000 63,000,000 37,000,000 36,000,000 36,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 35,000,000 32,000,000 30,000,000 32,000,000 29,000,000 27,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 23,000,000 22,258,000 22,616,000 22,420,000 23,706,000 23,063,000 23,265,000 23,094,000 22,963,000 22,895,000 23,669,000 23,442,000 23,071,000 23,185,000 23,197,000 21,136,000 21,112,000 
          deferred income taxes
        -149,000,000 4,000,000 73,000,000 -4,000,000 -36,000,000 194,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -67,000,000 -27,000,000 -17,000,000 -43,000,000 -9,000,000 -23,000,000 -57,000,000 -23,000,000 18,000,000 -4,000,000 -40,000,000 14,000,000 67,000,000 -9,000,000 17,000,000 -64,000,000 -46,000,000 -17,000,000 1,000,000 7,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 7,000,000 -5,000,000 27,000,000 7,000,000 10,000,000    22,535,000    11,210,000 1,328,000 10,490,000 2,872,000 14,531,000 13,424,000 3,614,000 -1,336,000     
          income from affiliates
        -57,000,000 -39,000,000 -29,000,000 -13,000,000 -26,000,000 -17,000,000 -23,000,000 -19,000,000 -31,000,000 -23,000,000 -25,000,000 -26,000,000  -48,000,000 -23,000,000 -23,000,000                    -21,000,000 -11,000,000 -22,000,000                 
          investment gains
        -7,000,000 -7,000,000                                                     
          dividends received from affiliates
        33,000,000 21,000,000 24,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 38,000,000 2,000,000 29,000,000 23,000,000 46,000,000 19,000,000 17,000,000 7,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 14,000,000 2,000,000 28,000,000 9,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 17,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 7,000,000 12,000,000 23,000,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 33,390,000 17,284,000 8,591,000 9,735,000 12,621,000 735,000 1,088,000 211,000 437,000 10,692,000     
          other
        1,000,000 -6,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 39,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 9,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 26,000,000 13,000,000 8,000,000 -4,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 17,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000   14,000,000 -2,000,000 4,000,000 18,000,000 -17,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000   2,821,000 507,000 514,000 1,158,000 5,749,000 16,624,000 -2,293,000 2,919,000 779,000 -2,313,000 3,177,000 -58,000 -93,000 -960,000 3,989,000 38,080,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                              
          receivables, net of allowance
                            -8,000,000 26,000,000   -99,000,000 18,000,000 -40,000,000 37,000,000  78,000,000 -88,000,000 -26,000,000 -14,000,000 -1,000,000 29,000,000 -39,000,000 40,000,000 41,000,000 -57,705,000 31,261,000 39,091,000 106,353,000  20,421,000 -35,873,000 105,170,000    17,021,000     
          inventories
        -128,000,000 167,000,000 -64,000,000 -68,000,000 -49,000,000 56,000,000 -77,000,000 131,000,000 42,000,000 92,000,000 -19,000,000 85,000,000 140,000,000 32,000,000 -147,000,000 -45,000,000 -119,000,000 -24,000,000 -142,000,000 -177,000,000 -49,000,000 -72,000,000 124,000,000 -102,000,000 -56,000,000 -42,000,000 116,000,000 -170,000,000 -17,000,000 -91,000,000 2,000,000 46,000,000 -108,000,000 119,000,000 -78,000,000 -108,000,000 46,000,000 48,000,000 -64,964,000 -33,605,000 45,904,000 17,665,000    27,522,000    -89,551,000     
          other assets
        1,000,000 11,000,000 -5,000,000 6,000,000 -2,000,000 2,000,000 -12,000,000 -5,000,000 15,000,000 3,000,000 -10,000,000 23,000,000 -5,000,000 -23,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 34,000,000 -31,000,000 -20,000,000 -13,000,000 -2,000,000 6,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -6,000,000                             
          accounts payable
        59,000,000 2,000,000 -40,000,000 -63,000,000 69,000,000 3,000,000 -12,000,000 -65,000,000 31,000,000 16,000,000 -21,000,000 -58,000,000 13,000,000 -66,000,000 12,000,000 67,000,000 21,000,000 10,000,000 59,000,000 27,000,000 47,000,000                                  
          other liabilities, exclusive of debt
        42,000,000   -20,000,000 9,000,000 39,000,000 2,000,000 -60,000,000 57,000,000 22,000,000 -6,000,000 -40,000,000 26,000,000 10,000,000 -2,000,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 17,000,000 -24,000,000 59,000,000 94,000,000 -93,000,000 -63,000,000 180,000,000 31,000,000                             
          net cash from operating activities
        188,000,000 319,000,000 81,000,000 -20,000,000 300,000,000 194,000,000 6,000,000 19,000,000 129,000,000 377,000,000 111,000,000 93,000,000 299,000,000 260,000,000 11,000,000 106,000,000 -4,000,000 164,000,000 82,000,000 -150,000,000 257,000,000   -106,000,000 101,000,000 31,000,000 146,000,000 -107,000,000 102,000,000 56,000,000 8,000,000 47,000,000 21,000,000   53,000,000 129,000,000 117,000,000 50,067,000 101,989,000 140,841,000 123,103,000 90,836,000 80,353,000 58,943,000 143,970,000 119,966,000 -41,382,000 67,473,000 -21,059,000 -10,293,000 116,391,000 26,862,000 188,261,000 
          investing activities:
                                                              
          purchase of short-term investments
        -1,684,000,000 -451,000,000 -289,000,000 -427,000,000 -336,000,000 -318,000,000 -346,000,000 -366,000,000 -807,000,000 -1,085,000,000 -253,000,000 -374,000,000 -120,000,000 -184,000,000 -98,000,000 -165,000,000 -254,000,000 -295,000,000 -1,272,000,000 -210,000,000 -307,000,000 -121,000,000 -111,000,000 -200,000,000 -163,000,000 -130,000,000 -156,000,000 -577,000,000 -349,000,000 -82,000,000 -254,000,000 -347,000,000 -73,000,000 -156,000,000 -191,000,000 -54,000,000 -128,000,000 -171,000,000 -645,353,000           -212,621,000     
          proceeds from sale and maturity of short-term investments
                                                              
          capital expenditures
        -135,000,000 -167,000,000 -151,000,000 -109,000,000 -138,000,000 -136,000,000 -133,000,000 -104,000,000 -162,000,000 -125,000,000 -108,000,000 -111,000,000 -107,000,000 -94,000,000 -112,000,000 -161,000,000 -136,000,000 -101,000,000 -127,000,000 -96,000,000 -99,000,000   -55,000,000 -88,000,000 -105,000,000 -73,000,000 -83,000,000 -37,000,000 -22,000,000 -36,000,000 -55,000,000 -40,000,000   -32,000,000 -33,000,000 -63,000,000 -43,008,000 -34,888,000 
          free cash flows
        53,000,000 152,000,000 -70,000,000 -129,000,000 162,000,000 58,000,000 -127,000,000 -85,000,000 -33,000,000 252,000,000 3,000,000 -18,000,000 192,000,000 166,000,000 -101,000,000 -55,000,000 -140,000,000 63,000,000 -45,000,000 -246,000,000 158,000,000   -161,000,000 13,000,000 -74,000,000 73,000,000 -190,000,000 65,000,000 34,000,000 -28,000,000 -8,000,000 -19,000,000   21,000,000 96,000,000 54,000,000 7,059,000 101,989,000 140,841,000 123,103,000 90,836,000 80,353,000 58,943,000 143,970,000 119,966,000 -41,382,000 67,473,000 -55,947,000 -10,293,000 116,391,000 26,862,000 188,261,000 
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                              
          purchase of long-term investments
        -8,000,000 -2,000,000   -7,000,000    -5,000,000 -1,000,000   -4,000,000 -80,000,000 -20,000,000 -13,000,000 -21,000,000 -63,000,000 -5,000,000 -9,000,000 -6,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -35,000,000 -24,000,000 -5,000,000          -6,000,000   -2,310,000           -2,578,000     
          net cash from investing activities
        -142,000,000 -200,000,000 -146,000,000 -55,000,000 -163,000,000 -115,000,000 -93,000,000 -113,000,000 49,000,000 -40,000,000 -91,000,000 -191,000,000 -112,000,000 -206,000,000 -22,000,000 -97,000,000 -21,000,000 -176,000,000 -174,000,000 69,000,000 -249,000,000 -36,000,000 17,000,000 6,000,000 -58,000,000 -69,000,000 1,000,000 -127,000,000 -340,000,000 -17,000,000 -29,000,000 -50,000,000 -15,000,000 -156,000,000 -45,000,000 -121,000,000 17,000,000 -131,000,000 -617,798,000           7,773,000     
          financing activities:
                                                              
          uncommitted lines of credit
        -66,000,000 -4,000,000 143,000,000 60,000,000 -113,000,000 -8,000,000 92,000,000 19,000,000 -17,000,000 -66,000,000 -34,000,000 -55,000,000 -22,000,000 -101,000,000 69,000,000 27,000,000 -7,000,000 -10,000,000 28,000,000 124,000,000                                   
          draws under committed line of credit
                                                              
          repayments of committed line of credit
                                                              
          proceeds from long-term debt
                            30,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 17,000,000 14,000,000    33,000,000 5,000,000                    
          principal payments of long-term debt
        -5,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -48,000,000 -6,000,000 -32,000,000 -25,000,000 -6,000,000 -15,000,000   -11,000,000 -32,000,000 -4,000,000                  -13,131,000     
          proceeds from payable to affiliate
                                                            
          finance lease payments
        -9,000,000 -9,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -11,000,000 -10,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -15,000,000 -14,000,000                                           
          repurchase of common stock
        -1,000,000 -14,000,000                   -13,000,000 -3,000,000 -1,000,000 -13,000,000                      -367,000     
          dividends paid
        -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000                             
          net cash from financing activities
        -73,000,000 -33,000,000 88,000,000 62,000,000 -140,000,000 -56,000,000 89,000,000 119,000,000 -225,000,000 -305,000,000 -35,000,000 -16,000,000 -56,000,000 -80,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 40,000,000 -19,000,000 121,000,000 71,000,000 -29,000,000 15,000,000 -145,000,000 77,000,000 -41,000,000 49,000,000 -96,000,000 99,000,000 240,000,000 -60,000,000 5,000,000   -4,000,000 19,000,000  -49,000,000 18,000,000 572,258,000 2,211,000 -18,073,000 48,604,000        8,665,000 -8,639,000 2,651,000 22,497,000  
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        2,000,000 7,000,000 2,000,000   -1,000,000 -3,000,000 3,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 -2,000,000 1,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 5,000,000 -1,000,000        -1,000,000 1,000,000                      
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        -27,000,000 88,000,000 30,000,000 -11,000,000 -8,000,000 27,000,000 1,000,000 22,000,000 -44,000,000 32,000,000 -16,000,000 -115,000,000 129,000,000 -25,000,000 1,000,000 19,000,000 13,000,000 -30,000,000 27,000,000 -11,000,000 -16,000,000 13,000,000 -22,000,000 -24,000,000 4,000,000 11,000,000 51,000,000 -135,000,000 -1,000,000 -21,000,000 -16,000,000 55,000,000   -34,000,000 -38,000,000 98,000,000 3,000,000 1,251,000 -30,885,000 32,177,000 11,457,000  -17,621,000      -4,366,000    20,573,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
        98,000,000 56,000,000 199,000,000 75,000,000 76,000,000 125,000,000 194,000,000 116,000,000 77,000,000 50,000,000 -459,000 36,459,000 55,055,000 47,651,000 71,510,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                              
          supplemental cash flow information
                                                              
          amounts paid during the year for:
                                                              
          interest, net of interest capitalized
                                                              
          income taxes, net of tax credit sales proceeds of 81, 28, 0 and refunds
                                                              
          non-cash additions to property, plant and equipment
                                                              
          see accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                              
          receivables, net of allowance for credit losses
         24,000,000 -55,000,000 1,000,000  -8,000,000 -36,000,000 -23,000,000  91,000,000 16,000,000 93,000,000  57,000,000 -102,000,000 -99,000,000  -14,000,000 29,000,000 -138,000,000    -48,000,000                               
          proceeds from the sale of short-term investments
         372,000,000 351,000,000 473,000,000  327,000,000 361,000,000 360,000,000  1,164,000,000 253,000,000 254,000,000  196,000,000 188,000,000 220,000,000  249,000,000 1,213,000,000 356,000,000  136,000,000 180,000,000 284,000,000  145,000,000 235,000,000 382,000,000 52,000,000 78,000,000 537,000,000  158,000,000 72,000,000 198,000,000 39,000,000 175,000,000 247,000,000 91,657,000 268,592,000 46,293,000 119,458,000 34,019,000 311,585,000 203,883,000 326,826,000 84,958,000 201,613,000 164,247,000 174,596,000 228,233,000 106,581,000 194,330,000 80,882,000 
          proceeds from the maturity of short-term investments
         37,000,000 2,000,000  3,000,000    12,000,000 20,000,000 27,000,000  6,000,000 2,000,000 7,000,000  6,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000  6,000,000 3,000,000 17,000,000  10,000,000 11,000,000 153,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000  6,000,000 11,000,000 25,000,000 9,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,369,000 7,754,000 11,795,000 4,082,000 12,264,000 2,456,000 2,300,000 1,038,000 1,342,000 626,000 2,888,000 756,000 7,084,000 10,177,000 9,816,000 4,222,000 
          proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
         10,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000  8,000,000 9,000,000 6,000,000  8,000,000 6,000,000 14,000,000  9,000,000    16,000,000                                     
          proceeds from the sale of non-consolidated affiliates
                                                           
          draws under committed lines of credit
         29,000,000 204,000,000 576,000,000 442,000,000 262,000,000 263,000,000 473,000,000 354,000,000 62,000,000 331,000,000 426,000,000 139,000,000 217,000,000 480,000,000 379,000,000 229,000,000 41,000,000 230,000,000 172,000,000                                   
          repayments of committed lines of credit
         -29,000,000 -219,000,000 -561,000,000 -442,000,000 -298,000,000 -276,000,000 -354,000,000 -249,000,000 -269,000,000 -313,000,000 -368,000,000 -151,000,000 -180,000,000 -525,000,000 -385,000,000 -173,000,000 -40,000,000 -130,000,000 -172,000,000                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
         88,000,000 30,000,000 87,000,000  27,000,000 1,000,000 78,000,000  32,000,000 -16,000,000 84,000,000  -25,000,000 1,000,000 94,000,000  -30,000,000 27,000,000 65,000,000  13,000,000 -22,000,000 101,000,000  11,000,000 51,000,000 59,000,000 -1,000,000 -21,000,000 100,000,000  -9,000,000 27,000,000 43,000,000 -38,000,000 98,000,000 53,000,000  -30,885,000 32,177,000 47,916,000  -17,621,000 34,777,000 38,877,000  -7,258,000 -4,274,000 43,285,000 6,379,000 -4,927,000 53,053,000  
          other investment loss
           10,000,000     -42,000,000 7,000,000 -23,000,000 -27,000,000 -52,000,000 64,000,000 162,000,000 65,000,000  9,000,000 -46,000,000 -71,000,000 -125,000,000 -56,000,000 -128,000,000 225,000,000   -37,000,000 -113,000,000  -12,000,000 37,000,000                        
          payment of contingent consideration in excess of acquisition date fair value
                                                              
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions:
                                                              
          proceeds from sale of short-term investments
                                                              
          proceeds from maturity of short-term investments
                                                              
          acquisition of business
                                            -148,000,000                 
          proceeds from sale of non-consolidated affiliates
                                                              
          investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates
                                                              
          payment of contingent consideration
                                                             
          repurchase of common stock from affiliates
                                                              
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                              
          other investment income
             -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -18,000,000                         -54,000,000 -28,000,000 -37,000,000               -2,186,000     
          payment of contingent consideration liability in excess of acquisition date fair value
                                                              
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                              
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                              
          investment in and advances to affiliates
                                                              
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                              
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
                                                              
          acquisition of a business
              -3,000,000                                               
          acquisition of businesses
                                       -40,000,000 -14,000,000                    
          proceeds from the sale of subsidiaries, net of cash sold
                    2,000,000 2,000,000 13,000,000                                       
          investments in and advances to affiliates
                           -3,000,000 -5,000,000 -10,000,000   -9,000,000 -17,000,000 -23,000,000 -39,000,000 -25,000,000 -18,000,000 -13,000,000 -24,000,000 -41,323,000           -7,865,000     
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition and dispositions:
                                                              
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of dispositions:
                                                              
          loss from affiliates
                          5,000,000 -6,000,000 -9,000,000 6,000,000 17,000,000 4,000,000 -8,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 6,000,000                   2,850,000     
          notes receivable issued to affiliates
                                                              
          principal payments received on third-party notes receivable
                                                              
          principal payments received on notes receivable
                        10,000,000 11,000,000                       25,000    3,654,000        
          payments on finance leases
                                                              
          proceeds from sale of non-consolidated affiliate
                                                              
          mandatory deemed repatriation tax
                                                              
          proceeds from the sale of non-consolidated affiliate
                                                              
          lines of credit
                             52,000,000 -118,000,000 96,000,000 -29,000,000                              
          prepaid expenses
                                                              
          principal payments received on notes receivable from affiliates
                                    4,000,000 164,000,000                      
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                                                              
          cash paid during the period for:
                                                              
          income taxes, net of refunds
                                                              
          cash paid for acquisition of business
                                                              
          issuance of notes receivable
                                 -10,000,000                             
          cash paid for acquisition of businesses
                                    -270,000,000                        
          notes payable to banks
                                  -91,000,000 104,000,000   39,000,000 65,000,000 -43,000,000 2,000,000 21,000,000  -49,000,000 18,000,000 50,032,000 2,211,000 -18,073,000 48,830,000     14,072,000 -9,800,000 13,909,000 22,911,000 -6,447,000 -9,229,000 23,364,000  
          other current assets
                                   -10,000,000 12,000,000 6,000,000 42,000,000 -4,000,000 1,000,000     9,000,000     20,052,000 -2,261,000 -18,000 6,060,000    2,416,000   3,910,000 25,206,000 
          current liabilities, exclusive of debt
                                   24,000,000 29,000,000 10,000,000 -67,000,000   -4,000,000 -53,000,000 109,000,000 -45,000,000 -38,000,000 34,648,000    22,149,000       -37,193,000     
          pay-in-kind interest and accretion on notes receivable from affiliates
                                              -3,926,000                
          reserve on notes receivable from affiliates
                                                              
          proceeds from sale of fixed assets
                                                              
          loss (income) from affiliates
                                                      -2,094,000 4,989,000       
          proceeds from the sale of fixed assets
                                        1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 44,000,000 23,724,000 197,000 23,745,000 334,000 5,024,000 387,000 576,000 1,676,000 3,986,000 662,000 3,626,000 6,264,000 4,760,000   2,579,000 
          other investment loss (income)
                                                              
          long-term notes receivable issued to affiliates
                                           -12,000,000                 
          principal payments received on long-term notes receivable from affiliates
                                           6,000,000     -1,000 75,000     125,000        
          gain from sale of fixed assets
                                                         -4,255,000     
          gain from sale of power generating facility assets
                                                              
          gain on sale of controlling interest in a subsidiary
                                                              
          proceeds from the sale of power generating facility assets
                                                  400,000            
          proceeds from the sale of controlling interest in a subsidiary
                                                  1,642,000            
          effect of exchange rate change on cash
                                                  -2,058,000 345,000     -146,000 255,000   24,000 244,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of business acquired:
                                                              
          (income) loss from affiliates
                                                              
          foreign currency exchange gain
                                                              
          proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
                                                          27,206,000 5,476,000 1,589,000 
          changes in current assets and liabilities, net of business acquired:
                                                              
          gain on sale of power generating facilities
                                                              
          fixed asset impairment charge
                                                             
          short-term note receivable issued to affiliate
                                                              
          proceeds from the sale of power generating facilities
                                                             
          advance payment on capital lease
                                                              
          long-term notes receivable issued to affiliate
                                                              
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                              
          partial purchase of noncontrolling interest in a consolidated subsidiary
                                                              
          dividends paid to noncontrolling interests
                                                              
          pay-in-kind interest and accretion on note receivable from affiliate
                                                         -3,111,000     
          principal payments received on long-term notes receivable from affiliate
                                                        41,000 81,231,000 575,000 564,000  
          notes receivable issued to affiliate
                                                              
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash
                                                              
          from operating activities:
                                                              
          loss from sale of fixed assets
                                                              
          foreign currency exchange loss
                                                              
          gain on disputed sale, net of expenses
                                                              
          proceeds from syndication and subordinated loan fees
                                                              
          sale of long-term investments
                                                              
          net proceeds from disputed sale
                                                              
          pay-in-kind interest on note receivable from affiliate
                                                              
          changes in current assets and liabilities:
                                                              
          principal payments received on notes from affiliate