# Flowers Foods Inc. (FLO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $6.27, market value $1.3 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 24.1×** (5-yr avg 23.9×, 3-yr avg 24.9×). Flowers Foods Inc. trades at 24.1× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 23.9×. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×. Forward P/E is 8.8×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.3×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade at 1.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 6.5×**. Enterprise value is 6.5× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 24.7%** (5-yr avg 7.1%). Free cash flow equals 24.7% of the market value, above its five-year average of 7.1%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 4.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 6.6%**. 6.6% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 1.6%**. 1.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 6.4%**. 6.4% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 8.3%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 8.3%.
- **Return on assets: 4.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.9% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 3.0%** (3-yr 3.0%/yr, 5-yr 3.7%/yr). Revenue grew 3.0% over the last year, against 3.7% a year compounded over five years.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -65.8%** (3-yr -28.0%/yr, 5-yr -11.1%/yr). Earnings per share fell 65.8%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 18.5%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 18.5% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.35**. Debt is 1.35 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 3.7×**. It would take 3.7 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 7.97%** ($0.99 per share, trailing). Flowers Foods Inc. yields 7.97%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 250%** (55% of free cash flow). The dividend exceeds earnings (250% payout), though free cash flow still covers it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 24**. 24 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 4.5%/yr** (1-yr 3.6%). The dividend has grown 4.5% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: hold** (5 analysts). 5 analysts cover Flowers Foods Inc.; the consensus is hold, with an average price target of $7.90 (+26% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -53.4%** (YTD -39.8%, 3-mo -14.8%). The shares are down 53.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -58.3%** (0.0% above the low). Trading 58% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 30**. An RSI of 30 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.13** (volatility 39%). Beta of 0.13 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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