Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. VMI scored 60.2, SEB scored 58.2 — VMI leads.
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VMI
Valmont Industries, Inc.
Conglomerates · Quality-Growth
60.2
$467.81 · $9.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.0
VMI leads
SEB
Seaboard Corporation
Conglomerates · Quality-Growth
58.2
$3,976.00 · $3.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSEB+8.2%
Strongest balance sheetSEB0.36
Highest qualityVMI79 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
VMI
stronger →← stronger
SEB
79
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
46
57
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
60
49
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
71
SEB is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
VMI
SEB
$322mC
FCF
-$23mF
+3.8%C+
Rev
+8.2%B
0.51B+
D/E
0.36B+
18.3xA-
P/E
—
0.96B+
PEG
0.65A-
—
P/S
0.4xA
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
VMI
SEB
140% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
—
~27%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
—
-58%
1-yr DCF upside
—
-58%
5-yr DCF upside
—
-58%
10-yr DCF upside
—
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
VMI
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
SEB
The companies
VMIValmont Industries, Inc.
Conglomerates · $467.81 · beta 1.35
Why now
Conglomerates · market cap $9.0b. Down 20% from 52-week high of $585.71 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.96 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $624.50 (implying +33% upside).
Moat
ROE 29% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
SEBSeaboard Corporation
Conglomerates · $3,976.00 · beta 0.21
Why now
Conglomerates · market cap $3.8b. Down 34% from 52-week high of $5989.37 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.65 — paying under fair value for the growth rate.
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$23m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Down 34% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
VMI leads SEB by 3.9 points (61.1 to 57.2), its sharpest advantage coming in FCF (grade C). A contrarian could still prefer SEB for its stronger Rev (grade B). Note they play different roles — SEB screens as spec, VMI screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where VMI and SEB diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.0 points in favor of VMI. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityVMI 78.9 · SEB 46.3VMI +32.6
ValueVMI 48.6 · SEB 71.3SEB +22.7
GrowthVMI 56.8 · SEB 59.7level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is VMI or SEB the better stock?
VMI scores higher: VMI 60.2, SEB 58.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do VMI and SEB differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where VMI leads by 33 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are VMI and SEB scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.