DEL Monte vs Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods is the larger business, with $5.26bn of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.32bn for DEL Monte (1.2 times as much). Flowers Foods grew faster (3.0% against 1.0%). DEL Monte kept more of each dollar of sales as profit: a net margin of 2.1% against 1.6%.
| Latest fiscal year | DEL MonteDMC, 2025 | Flowers FoodsFLO, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.32bn | $5.26bn |
| Revenue growth | 1.0% | 3.0% |
| Net income | $90.7m | $83.8m |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | — |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 6.2% |
| Free cash flow | $181m | $319m |
| Cash | $35.7m | $12.1m |
| Total debt | $178m | $1.77bn |
| Debt to equity | 8.8% | — |
| Dividend per share | $1.20 | $0.98 |
| Dividend yield | 4.5% | 12.9% |
| Share buybacks | $29.8m | $5.5m |
| Employees | — | 10,300 |
| Market value | $1.28bn | $1.42bn |
| Price vs our value range | Within our value range | Below our value range |
| Moat score | 43 (Weak) | 54 (Moderate) |
| Insider trades, 12 months | 2 buys, 24 sales | 2 buys, 3 sales |