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Flowers Foods Inc dividend history

Flowers Foods Inc's dividend was $0.983 a share in fiscal 2025, up 3.4% on the year before. That was 249.7% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2011.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$3.8M
Dividends (TTM)
$186M
Returned to shareholders
62%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$74M
Diluted share count
+0.1%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
13.2%
dividends 12.9% + buybacks 0.3% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
336%
of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending
39.9%
of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Jan 20102010Jan 20112011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Jan 20152015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Jan 20212021Jan 20222022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Jan 2026LTMJul 2026
Dividend per share$0.450$0.517$0.389$0.420$0.444$0.485$0.568$0.625$0.670$0.710$0.750$0.790$0.830$0.870$0.910$0.950$0.983—
Dividend per share growth—+14.9%−24.8%+8.0%+5.7%+9.2%+17.0%+10.1%+7.2%+6.0%+5.6%+5.3%+5.1%+4.8%+4.6%+4.4%+3.4%—
Dividends paid6271798693102120131141150160167176187195203209186
Share buybacks41392719939712632711035462354
Dividends ÷ net income47.7%51.7%64.1%63.5%40.2%58.2%63.7%80.0%93.9%95.6%97.2%109.8%85.3%81.7%158.2%81.8%249.7%336.3%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

  • FLOWERS FOODS DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND Source

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Figures from Flowers Foods Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Flowers Foods Inc.