Flowers Foods/$FLO
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About Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods Inc operates as a producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods in the United States. Its principal products include breads, buns, rolls, snack items (bars, cakes, cookies, and crackers), bagels, English muffins, tortillas, and baking mixes. These products are sold under the brand names Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread (DKB), Canyon Bakehouse, Simple Mills, Wonder, and Tastykake. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the sales of its bakery products.
- Ticker
- $FLO
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 10,300
- Headquarters
- Thomasville, United States
- Website
- www.flowersfoods.com
Flowers Foods Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$1.3B
17.85
$0.34
0.40
$0.87
8.13%
Price and volume
Market cap
$1.3B
Beta
0.4
52-week high
$13.79
52-week low
$5.92
Average daily volume
7M
Dividend rate
$0.87
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.771
Quick ratio
0.416
Long term debt to equity
1.21
Total debt to equity
1.574
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
290.08%
Interest coverage (TTM)
4.41%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
511.526
Gross margin (TTM)
48.72%
Net profit margin (TTM)
1.38%
Operating margin (TTM)
6.82%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
29.87%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$510,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
5.29%
Return on equity (TTM)
5.36%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
17.848
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.247
Price to book
1
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-1.81
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
4.391
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
22.77%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.401
Dividend yield (TTM)
14.11%
Forward dividend yield
8.13%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
3.80%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-68.10%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
2.45%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.23%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-29.89%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-8.95%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
4.00%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
5.49%
What the Analysts think about Flowers Foods
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Flowers Foods stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Flowers Foods stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Net sales in Q1 2026 rose 1.1% to $1.572 billion as the Simple Mills acquisition contributed 2.3% and favorable pricing/mix offset a 3.3% volume decline (PRNewswire).
Excluding items affecting comparability, adjusted SD&A expenses improved 20 basis points to 39.3% of net sales in Q1 2026, reflecting disciplined cost control that aided margin resilience (Zacks).
The Q2 2026 investor presentation highlighted strong performance in better-for-you segments, with Simple Mills sustaining snacking growth momentum and both Nature’s Own Perfectly Crafted and Canyon Bakehouse expanding share in their categories (Reuters).
Net sales decreased 4.0% YoY to $1.193 billion in Q2 2026 as a 5.8% volume decline more than offset a 1.8% price/mix benefit (Reuters).
Adjusted net income plunged 30.5% to $44.1 million, with adjusted EPS of $0.21 missing the analyst consensus of $0.24 by $0.03, underscoring weakness in core profitability (Reuters).
The company lowered its fiscal 2026 outlook, cutting net sales guidance to $5.07 billion–$5.142 billion and adjusted EPS to $0.75–$0.85, both below consensus estimates, reflecting ongoing challenges in the packaged bread category (Reuters).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 3 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Flowers Foods
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Fund name | Fund size | $FLO weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.08% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.08% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.04% |
L&G Global Quality Dividends£LDGG | £279M | 0.02% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.02% |
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