Flowers Foods (FLO)
Consumer Staples · NYSE
Flowers Foods is a major North American baker producing fresh breads, baked goods, and specialty food products through both legacy brands and recently acquired premium lines like Simple Mills.
What Flowers Foods does
Flowers Foods manufactures and distributes fresh packaged bread, baked goods, and specialty food products across North America. The company operates a direct-store-delivery model using independent distributor partners and serves retail and foodservice customers. Recently acquired Simple Mills to expand into premium, health-focused baking products. The company is undergoing significant digital transformation and ERP system modernization to improve operational efficiency and supply chain effectiveness.
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Fundamentals
- Price$8.08 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$1.7B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-46.9% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E23.74 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+1.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+48.7% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+5.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.33 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+2.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.39 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +6.0%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
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Competitors & peers
- Bimbo Bakeries USA (part of Grupo Bimbo)
- Hostess Brands (TWNK)
- Mondelēz International (MDLZ)
- Pepperidge Farm (part of Campbell Soup Company)
- Sara Lee (part of Brynwood Partners)
- Retail grocery chains
- Foodservice distributors
- E-commerce and online retailers
- Declining consumer demand in the fresh packaged bread category and shifts toward store-branded and less expensive products, which pressures market share and pricing power.
- Litigation and regulatory risks related to independent contractor classifications of independent distributor partners (IDPs), particularly in California, which could disrupt the direct-store-delivery distribution model.
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.