3M Co vs Seaboard Corp

3M Co (MMM) is overvalued and Seaboard Corp (SEB) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, SEB trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +41%, against -94% for MMM.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

3M Co (MMM)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $87.07; the price of $169.30 is 94% above that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 49/100 on 10 of 12 signals

Seaboard Corp (SEB)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $7026.28; the price of $4124.09 is 41% below that value, and 85% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricMMMSEB
VerdictOvervaluedUndervalued
Price$169.30$4124.09
Intrinsic value$87.07$7026.28
Margin of safety-94%+41%
Leak Score49/100 (10/12)100/100 (3/12)
Market cap$87.3B$4.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years-5.0%6.5%
Operating margin20.9%3.6%
Net margin11.9%6.2%
Return on equity82.8%12.3%
Debt to equity4.460.36
P/E30.1x6.2x
Forward P/E17.2x
P/B29.6x0.7x
Dividend yield1.9%0.2%

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