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Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) stock

FLONYSEFood and Kindred ProductsFiscal year ends January 2
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Oct 10, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 12, 2026Score 14/3043% below fair value
$6.01−0.24 (-3.84%)

Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $1.27BP/E 42.9Yield 16.35%

Flowers Foods statistics

111 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Q3 FY2026, expected soon
Last ex-dividend date
Sep 11, 2026
Fundamentals through
Oct 10, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 12, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$1.27B
$1.15B
Enterprise Value
$2.88B
$1.60B
PE Ratio
42.93
20.59
PS Ratio
0.25
0.81
PB Ratio
0.97
1.78
P/TBV Ratio
4.77
3.66
P/FCF Ratio
3.82
15.90
P/OCF Ratio
2.86
10.40

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
0.56
1.02
EV / EBITDA
10.42
13.01
EV / EBIT
26.37
17.22
EV / FCF
8.62
19.22

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding
212M
67M
Shares Change (YoY)
0.18%
0.58%
Float
197M
46M
Shares Held by Insiders
7.01%
10.2%
Shares Held by Institutions
104.1%
57.3%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
51M
–
Short Interest Change
9.32%
1.45%
Short % of Float
25.7%
6.50%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
23.9%
4.93%
Days to Cover
9.70
4.50

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$12.13
–
52-Week Low
$5.40
–
20-Day Moving Average
$6.35
–
50-Day Moving Average
$6.10
–
200-Day Moving Average
$7.81
–
Average True Range (14)
$0.31
–
Price Change (1 Week)
-15.4%
-1.23%
Price Change (1 Month)
0.67%
2.47%
Price Change (3 Months)
-20.1%
-7.48%
Price Change (6 Months)
-17.8%
-6.36%
Price Change (YTD)
-44.8%
-15.1%
Price Change (1 Year)
-48.1%
-15.5%
Price Change (3 Years)
-70.9%
-32.5%
Price Change (5 Years)
-77.0%
-42.2%
Price Change (10 Years)
-61.2%
-8.03%
Average Volume (10 Days)
7M
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
6M
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
7M
–
Relative Volume
1.96
0.72
Relative Strength Index (14)
43.0
48.2
Volatility (1 Year)
41.8%
46.0%
Beta (5 Years)
0.21
0.45

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin
48.4%
29.4%
Operating Margin
2.11%
3.49%
Pretax Margin
0.89%
4.13%
Profit Margin
0.58%
1.49%
EBITDA Margin
5.35%
5.70%
FCF Margin
6.46%
6.11%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
2.20%
5.06%
Return on Assets (ROA)
0.70%
1.47%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
2.32%
5.12%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
3.06%
5.34%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio
1.27
1.39
Quick Ratio
0.11
0.56
Debt / Equity
1.27
0.60
Debt / EBITDA
6.06
3.17
Debt / FCF
5.02
4.95
Net Debt / EBITDA
5.80
2.76
Interest Coverage
1.36
1.36

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
0.62%
2.72%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
-84.5%
-12.4%
EPS Growth (YoY)
-84.8%
-12.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)
2.65%
-0.54%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
3.03%
1.93%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
3.68%
6.06%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
-28.0%
1.12%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
-11.1%
2.91%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
1.21
0.91
Inventory Turnover
13.08
5.29
Revenue Per Employee
$501.60K
$664.16K
Profits Per Employee
$2.91K
$16.51K
Employee Count
10,300
600
WACC
4.99%
7.26%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$5.17B
$814.99M
Gross Profit
$2.50B
$207.33M
Operating Income
$109.10M
$331.00K
Pretax Income
$46.21M
$11.82M
Net Income
$30.02M
$2.13M
EBITDA
$276.28M
$9.84M
EPS (Diluted)
$0.14
$0.14

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments
$72.25M
$41.10M
Total Debt
$1.68B
$674.70M
Net Cash (Debt)
-$1.60B
-$484.86K
Net Cash Per Share
-$7.56
-$0.04
Equity (Book Value)
$1.31B
$143.59M
Book Value Per Share
$6.20
$5.66
Tangible Book Value
$267.05M
$4.47M
Working Capital
$170.07M
$25.54M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$445.27M
$15.26M
Capital Expenditures
-$111.31M
-$60.96M
Free Cash Flow
$333.96M
$121.74M
FCF Per Share
$1.57
$1.41

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
2.36%
2.59%
FCF Yield
26.2%
4.87%
Dividend Yield
16.3%
3.57%
Buyback Yield
0.31%
0.64%
Shareholder Yield
16.7%
3.39%
Dividend Per Share
$0.98
$1.56
Dividend Growth (YoY)
3.42%
2.92%
Years of Dividend Growth
17
4
Payout Ratio
532.6%
69.4%
FCF Payout Ratio
47.9%
54.3%

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense
$80.18M
$13.84M
Income Tax
$16.19M
$11.70M
Effective Tax Rate
35.0%
23.6%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$4.42
$22.77
Graham Upside
-26.5%
-32.2%
Altman Z-Score
1.91
2.52
Piotroski F-Score
5
4

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodFLOS&P 500DifferenceFLO per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month-0.5%-2.7%+2.2 pts
3 months-14.4%-1.7%−12.7 pts
Year to date-41.1%+11.9%−53.0 pts
1 year-43.0%+12.0%−55.0 pts
3 years-65.0%+78.2%−143.1 pts-29.5%+21.2%
5 years-70.4%+73.2%−143.6 pts-21.6%+11.6%
10 years-40.5%+309.6%−350.2 pts-5.1%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

51M FLO shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 9.3% from the previous report, or 25.70% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 9.7 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 65.9% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202650,685,290+9.3%5,227,8499.7
Oct 15, 202646,363,992+3.5%6,849,9466.8
Sep 30, 202644,803,095-3.6%8,399,0435.3
Sep 15, 202646,488,528+3.2%8,246,5355.6
Aug 31, 202645,041,055-2.3%7,400,4196.1
Aug 14, 202646,124,039+4.8%4,972,1329.3
Jul 31, 202644,005,171+0.7%5,105,6698.6
Jul 15, 202643,697,640-5.8%5,173,8348.4
Jun 30, 202646,394,648+10.1%10,574,2334.4
Jun 15, 202642,137,378+14.2%6,487,2306.5
May 29, 202636,886,478-0.2%11,394,5023.2
May 15, 202636,957,411+20.5%10,450,5213.5

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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