flowers foods inc. - FLO

FLO

Close Chg Chg %
8.28 0.08 0.97%

Closed Market

8.36

+0.08 (0.97%)

Volume: 3.54M

Last Updated:

Mar 26, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: flowers foods inc. - FLO

FLO Key Data

Open

$8.26

Day Range

8.24 - 8.46

52 Week Range

8.04 - 20.23

Market Cap

$1.75B

Shares Outstanding

211.55M

Public Float

195.70M

Beta

0.35

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

20.95

EPS

$0.40

Yield

1,186.59%

Dividend

$0.25

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 6, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

5.78M

 

FLO Performance

1 Week
 
2.20%
 
1 Month
 
-15.38%
 
3 Months
 
-23.23%
 
1 Year
 
-55.72%
 
5 Years
 
-65.43%
 

FLO Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 6
Full Ratings ➔

About flowers foods inc. - FLO

Flowers Foods, Inc. engages in the production and marketing of packaged bakery foods. It offers breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas and are sold under a variety of brand names, including Nature’s Own, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Tastykake, and Mrs. Freshley’s. The company was founded by William Howard Flowers, Sr. and Joseph Hampton Flowers, Jr. in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, GA.

FLO At a Glance

Flowers Foods, Inc.
1919 Flowers Circle
Thomasville, Georgia 31757
Phone 1-229-226-9110 Revenue 5.26B
Industry Food: Specialty/Candy Net Income 83.83M
Sector Consumer Non-Durables 2025 Sales Growth 2.998%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 10,300
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FLO Valuation

P/E Current 20.951
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 27.303
Price to Sales Ratio 0.435
Price to Book Ratio 1.748
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 5.13
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 8.137
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.83
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.478

FLO Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 510,337.767
Income Per Employee 8,138.35
Receivables Turnover 13.896
Total Asset Turnover 1.33

FLO Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.747
Quick Ratio 0.44
Cash Ratio 0.012

FLO Profitability

Gross Margin 45.698
Operating Margin 7.009
Pretax Margin 2.189
Net Margin 1.595
Return on Assets 2.12
Return on Equity 6.178
Return on Total Capital 2.475
Return on Invested Capital 2.996

FLO Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 159.867
Total Debt to Total Capital 61.519
Total Debt to Total Assets 48.041
Long-Term Debt to Equity 123.273
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 47.437
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Annual Financials for Flowers Foods Inc. - FLO

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
4.81B 5.09B 5.10B 5.26B
Sales Growth
+10.97% +5.93% +0.25% +3.00%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.64B 2.79B 2.74B 2.85B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
141.96M 151.71M 159.21M 167.43M
Depreciation
110.20M 119.49M 127.84M 128.50M
Amortization of Intangibles
31.75M 32.22M 31.37M 38.92M
COGS Growth
+14.26% +5.55% -1.82% +4.35%
Gross Income
2.17B 2.30B 2.37B 2.40B
Gross Income Growth
+7.21% +6.40% +2.75% +1.43%
Gross Profit Margin
+45.08% +45.27% +46.40% +45.70%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.81B 1.96B 1.99B 2.03B
Research & Development
6.10M 5.90M 5.10M 9.30K
Other SG&A
1.81B 1.95B 1.98B 2.03B
SGA Growth
+9.19% +7.90% +1.57% +2.31%
Other Operating Expense
- - - 236.00K
-
Unusual Expense
48.49M 177.16M 31.03M 191.16M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
303.78M 170.68M 349.39M 177.25M
Non Operating Income/Expense
24.23M 23.41M 17.06M 15.13M
Non-Operating Interest Income
23.64M 20.58M 17.51M 17.37M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
29.29M 36.98M 37.50M 77.31M
Interest Expense Growth
-7.47% +26.24% +1.41% +106.15%
Gross Interest Expense
29.29M 36.98M 37.50M 77.31M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
298.71M 157.11M 328.94M 115.07M
Pretax Income Growth
+10.32% -47.41% +109.37% -65.02%
Pretax Margin
+6.22% +3.09% +6.45% +2.19%
Income Tax
70.32M 33.69M 80.83M 31.24M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
68.87M 77.03M 49.87M 17.08M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
1.45M (43.34M) 30.95M 14.16M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
228.39M 123.42M 248.12M 83.83M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
228.39M 123.42M 248.12M 83.83M
Net Income Growth
+10.77% -45.96% +101.04% -66.22%
Net Margin Growth
+4.75% +2.42% +4.86% +1.59%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
228.39M 123.42M 248.12M 83.83M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
228.39M 123.42M 248.12M 83.83M
EPS (Basic)
1.0779 0.5832 1.1758 0.3966
EPS (Basic) Growth
+10.75% -45.89% +101.61% -66.27%
Basic Shares Outstanding
211.90M 211.63M 211.02M 211.34M
EPS (Diluted)
1.0711 0.5784 1.1696 0.3952
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+10.66% -46.00% +102.21% -66.21%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
213.23M 213.36M 212.14M 212.11M
EBITDA
494.23M 499.55M 539.63M 535.84M
EBITDA Growth
-0.19% +1.08% +8.02% -0.70%
EBITDA Margin
+10.28% +9.81% +10.57% +10.19%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 11.333
Number of Ratings 6 Current Quarters Estimate 0.268
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 0.834
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.22 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.09 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 0.84
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 5 5 5 5
Mean Estimate 0.27 0.24 0.83 0.84
High Estimates 0.28 0.25 0.85 0.90
Low Estimate 0.26 0.23 0.81 0.78
Coefficient of Variance 4.09 4.17 2.01 5.26

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 1 1 1
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 0
HOLD 3 3 5
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Flowers Foods Inc. - FLO

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jan 21, 2026 Cindy Cox Chief Human Resources Officer 37,067 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $10.32 per share 382,531.44
Jan 21, 2026 Cindy Cox Chief Human Resources Officer 36,404 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $10.32 per share 375,689.28
Jan 8, 2026 H. Mark Courtney Chief Brand Officer 99,158 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Diego Anthony Scaglione Chief Financial Officer 189,180 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Terry S. Thomas Chief Growth Officer 91,629 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Mark Chaffin Chief Information Officer 80,595 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Stephanie B. Tillman Chief Legal Counsel 103,827 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Amos Ryals McMullian Chairman and CEO; Director 1,022,380 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $10.87 per share 11,113,270.60
Jan 8, 2026 Amos Ryals McMullian Chairman and CEO; Director 1,333,988 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 David M. Roach Chief Strategic Projects Offic 153,441 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Heeth Varnedoe President and COO 96,079 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 8, 2026 Tom Winters Chief Supply Chain Officer 46,133 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 8, 2025 Melvin T. Stith Director 547 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $10.9 per share 5,962.30
Oct 7, 2025 Sterling A. Spainhour Director 7,900 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 29, 2025 George E. Deese Director 2,004,990 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $16.84 per share 33,764,031.60

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