NASDAQ: SENEA

Seneca Foods (SENEA) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$183.41+5.07 (+2.8%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

Seneca Foods trades at $183.41, up 2.8% on the day, though it sits below its 50-day average of $185.67 while remaining well above its 200-day average of $153.47. No headlines or company-specific news are on record this week, leaving the move without a clear catalyst tied to results, guidance, deals, or regulatory developments.

The stock's one-month return stands at -3.8%, while the three-month and six-month returns are 8.4% and 11.6% respectively, and the one-year return is 62.2%. The GekkoIndex reads 58.3, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Shares trade 39.4% below the Gekko Fair Value of $302.82, a gap that stands out against the stock's 52-week range of $99.58 to $210.00.

The next earnings date falls on 11 November 2026, 29 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report on 5 February 2026 showed an EPS of $6.48 and a 1.1% price reaction, with an average absolute reaction of 2.1% across recent quarters. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonality data shows the next 20 trading days have averaged a 4.3% return over 5 years, rising in 3 of those years. The lone analyst covering the stock holds a hold rating with a consensus target of $202.00, implying 10.1% upside from current levels.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Seneca Foods price vs fair value

▲$302.82$183.41Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $183.41200-day averageGekko Fair Value $302.82

Seneca Foods quick facts

Market cap
$1.25B
P/E ratio
10.2
Forward P/E
39.4
EPS, TTM
$17.32
Revenue, TTM
$1.77B
Profit margin
6.8%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
-0.03
Volume
96,438 avg 99,068
1-year return
+62.2%
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±6.4%
50-day average
$185.67
200-day average
$153.47
Next earnings
Nov 11
Shares outstanding
5.22M
52-week range
$99.58$210.00

Seneca Foods swing-trade checklist

Seneca Foods scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $183.41 sits between the 50-day ($185.67) and 200-day ($153.47) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    58.3, Neutral

    Reading 58.3 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    39.4% below

    Price is 39.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 30 days

    Next report Nov 11, 2026, 30 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +4.3% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

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Seneca Foods stock chart and price history

Seneca Foods closed at $183.41 on Oct 12, 2026, +62.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $99.58 to $210.00.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Seneca Foods share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$100$125$150$175$200NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct183.41

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−3.8%
3 months
+8.4%
6 months
+11.6%
1 year
+62.2%
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About Seneca Foods

Seneca Foods prepares and sells fruits and vegetables in packaged form, reaching buyers both within the United States and in markets overseas. Its catalog covers canned, frozen and bottled produce, jarred fruit, snack chips and other food items, offered under its own store brands as well as names it owns or licenses, among them Seneca, Libby's, Aunt Nellie's, Cherryman, Green Valley and READ.

The company also takes on packing work for other firms, handling canned and frozen vegetables on a contract basis, and it produces cans and can ends for sale. Trucking and aircraft operations round out its activities. Its goods reach supermarkets, mass merchandisers, limited assortment outlets, club stores and dollar stores, as well as restaurants, food service suppliers, industrial buyers and fellow packagers. Export customers in 90 countries purchase from the company too, and government agencies buy its products for school meal programs and similar feeding efforts.

Seneca Foods traces its start to 1949 and runs its operations from a base in Marion, New York. Trading in its stock takes place on the NASDAQ, where it is listed under the ticker SENEA.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Consumer non-durables
Industry
Food: specialty/candy
Website
senecafoods.com

Seneca Foods GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Seneca Foods’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58.3, in the Neutral zone, down 6.2 points over five sessions.

010058.3Neutral

Down 6.2 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying7Too few readings yet
Accumulation138+1.6%+4.1%+9.1%+18.6%
Neutral (current zone)454+1.0%+1.8%+3.3%+10.1%
Distribution79−0.7%−1.2%+0.7%+3.1%
Selling4Too few readings yet

Average SENEA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →

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Is Seneca Foods stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Seneca Foods trades 39.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $302.82, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Seneca Foods shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$302.82

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

39.4% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 2.6% above the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$303$178Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Seneca Foods insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Seneca Foods, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for SENEA in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in SENEA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

Congress disclosures for SENEA, plotted on the chart in Gekko.Open SENEA in Gekko

Buybacks

Seneca Foods has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 27, 2026
$1.35M
As a share of market cap
0.11%
Trailing four quarters
$13.67M

From company filings.

Seneca Foods earnings: next date and track record

Seneca Foods reports on Nov 11, 2026 (30 days away).

±2.1%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−0.5%Jun ’24+3.9%Aug ’24−5.2%Nov ’24−0.6%Feb ’25−2.4%Jun ’25+1.5%Aug ’25−1.5%Nov ’25+1.1%Feb ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Feb 5, 2026$6.48—$508.3M—+1.1%
Nov 5, 2025$4.29—$460.0M—−1.5%
Aug 6, 2025$2.14—$297.5M—+1.5%
Jun 12, 2025$0.09—$345.8M—−2.4%
Feb 6, 2025$2.10—$502.9M—−0.6%
Nov 7, 2024$1.90—$425.5M—−5.2%
Aug 8, 2024$1.80—$304.7M—+3.9%
Jun 13, 2024−$0.32—$308.0M—−0.5%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Seneca Foods stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Seneca Foods is $202.00, +10.1% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$202.00consensus 12-month target, +10.1% from the last close
Buy0
Hold1
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Aug 10Freedom Capital MarketsHold, downgraded$202+10.1%
+3.3%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+4.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Seneca Foods seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Seneca Foods averaged +4.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+5.5%2021+14.0%2022−3.0%2023+1.5%2024−4.0%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+2.6%4 of 5
Next 10 trading days+1.8%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.0%1 of 5
Next 20 trading days+4.3%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+3.1%3 of 5

For scale, SENEA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.4%.

Seneca Foods market cap and key statistics

Seneca Foods’s market cap is $1.25B, with a P/E ratio of 10.2 and revenue of $1.77B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$1.25B
P/E ratio
10.2
Forward P/E
39.4
EPS, TTM
$17.32
Gekko Fair Value
$302.82

Trading

Volume
96,438
Avg volume, 20 days
99,068
52-week high
$210.00
52-week low
$99.58
Shares outstanding
5.22M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.77B
Profit margin
6.8%
Return on equity
16.8%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+33.1%

Risk and income

Beta
-0.03
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±6.4%

Seneca Foods peers

Seneca Foods’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
PEPPepsiCo−0.1%Accumulation17.9% below
MDLZMondelez International+2.0%Neutral18.6% below
HSYHershey+1.1%Accumulation30.0% below
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances+0.9%Neutral4.8% below
SJMJ.M. Smucker−0.1%Neutral6.4% above
MKCMcCormick+1.5%Accumulation17.7% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Seneca Foods stock FAQ

What is Seneca Foods’s market cap?

Seneca Foods’s market cap is $1.25B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $183.41, with 5.22M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 10.2.

What is the Seneca Foods stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Seneca Foods is $202.00, +10.1% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Seneca Foods stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Seneca Foods is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $183.41 is 39.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $302.82. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Seneca Foods report earnings next?

Seneca Foods is expected to report on Nov 11, 2026 (30 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.82 per share on revenue of $506.0M.

What is Seneca Foods’s 52-week high and low?

Seneca Foods’s 52-week high is $210.00 and its 52-week low is $99.58; it closed at $183.41 on Oct 12, 2026, +62.2% over the past year.

Is Seneca Foods stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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