profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Flowers Foods
$5.53-7.99% today
-51.4% in 1 year
1-year low $5.531-year high $11.96
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.99 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Flowers Foods sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $4.81 billion in 2022 to $5.26 billion in 2025, with $83.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Flowers Foods handed back 67% of the cash it generated last year.
$209M
Free cash flow 2025$319M
Bought back its own shares$5M
Paid as dividends$209M
Cash vs. debt$12M vs. $2.1B
Flowers Foods vs. similar companies
Flowers Foods grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowers Foods | 14.0× · Cheap | ||
 Nestlé | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Flowers Foods's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,806 | 5,091 | 5,103 | 5,256 | |
| 2,304 | 2,459 | 2,526 | 2,569 | |
| 311 | 187 | 366 | 326 | |
| 470 | 345 | 525 | 359 | |
| 228 | 123 | 248 | 84 | |
| 1.07 | 0.58 | 1.17 | 0.40 | |
| 47.9% | 48.3% | 49.5% | 48.9% | |
| 6.5% | 3.7% | 7.2% | 6.2% | |
| 4.8% | 2.4% | 4.9% | 1.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,313 | 3,427 | 3,400 | 4,184 |
| Cash | 165 | 23 | 5 | 12 |
| Total debt | 1,193 | 1,351 | 1,359 | 2,084 |
| Total liabilities | 1,870 | 2,075 | 1,990 | 2,880 |
| 1,443 | 1,352 | 1,410 | 1,303 | |
| 213 | 213 | 212 | 212 | |
| 9.8% | 5.7% | 10.4% | 4.5% | |
| 15.8% | 9.1% | 17.6% | 6.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 361 | 349 | 413 | 446 | |
| 169 | 129 | 132 | 127 | |
| 192 | 220 | 281 | 319 | |
| Dividends paid | 187 | 195 | 203 | 209 |
| 35 | 46 | 23 | 5 | |
| 26 | 27 | 30 | 32 |
Valuation
- 14.0×
- 6.7×
- –
- 1.3×
- 0.2×
- 3.7×
- 9.0×
- 27.2%
- 7.1%
- 12.0%
Profitability
- 48.9%
- 6.2%
- 1.6%
- 6.8%
- 6.2%
- 6.5%
- 6.0%
- 2.0%
- 9.8%
- –
Growth
- +3.0%
- −28.1%
- +13.7%
- +4.5%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 6.5×
- 1.79
- 55.7%
- 4.3×
- 0.75
- 0.75
- 1.26
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 26%of 669
Bottom 29%of 672
Top 30%of 623
Bottom 33%of 671
Top 2%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $10.00
- Range
- $8.00 – $11.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | 0.22 | 0.16 | +37.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.23 | 0.23 | +0.0% |
| Aug 15, 2025 | 0.30 | 0.29 | +3.4% |
| May 16, 2025 | 0.35 | 0.38 | −7.9% |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 0.22 | 0.22 | +0.0% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 0.33 | 0.29 | +13.8% |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 0.36 | 0.33 | +9.1% |
| May 16, 2024 | 0.37 | 0.41 | −9.8% |
12.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$120a year at today's yield, before tax
+4.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.57 in 2015 → $0.98 in 2025
How safe it looks
249.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 65.6%
News
1-800 FLOWERS.COM Non-GAAP EPS of -$0.78 misses by $0.21, revenue of $171.4M misses by $25.09MSeeking Alpha · Nov 5, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
61Pass
Philip Fisher
34No pass
Peter Lynch
13No pass
Joel Greenblatt
30No pass
Charlie Munger
24No pass
Terry Smith
25No pass
Questions about Flowers Foods
Is Flowers Foods a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Flowers Foods AI analysis
What does Flowers Foods do?
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. It is in Packaged Foods.
Does Flowers Foods pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 12.0% a year, about 250% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $209 million in dividends.
Is Flowers Foods stock halal?
No. Flowers Foods does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 164% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Flowers Foods stock done over the past year?
Down 51.4% over the past twelve months, to $5.53. It traded between $5.53 and $11.96 and is 53.8% below its high.
Who are Flowers Foods's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Flowers Foods's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.