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Flowers Foods Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Flowers Foods Inc had return on equity of 6.2% and a net margin of 1.6%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands 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
Net margin5.0%5.3%4.5%4.5%6.2%4.7%5.0%4.2%3.8%4.0%4.0%3.5%4.8%4.8%2.4%4.9%1.6%1.1%
Return on equity18.2%18.1%15.9%16.8%23.9%16.0%16.0%13.4%12.2%12.5%13.0%11.6%14.8%16.0%8.8%18.0%6.2%4.2%
Return on assets9.6%10.2%8.6%7.7%10.3%7.2%7.2%5.8%5.5%5.7%5.5%4.7%6.3%7.0%3.7%7.3%2.2%1.3%
Effective tax rate35.6%34.9%35.7%34.8%28.4%34.4%35.4%34.4%−0.6%20.3%22.4%24.1%23.9%23.5%21.4%24.6%27.2%30.8%
R&D as % of revenue————0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%—
SG&A as % of revenue35.6%36.4%36.7%36.0%36.3%36.5%36.6%37.4%38.5%38.1%38.2%38.6%39.7%38.5%41.6%39.2%39.5%39.9%
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%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 6 checks passed · July 18, 2026
What it owns · $4.2bn
Short-term assets $786mLonger-term assets $3.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.3bn
Short-term liabilities $1.0bnShareholders' equity $1.3bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $786m of assets due within a year against $1.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $53m of cash against $1.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 127% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 63% to 127% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $421m of operating cash flow against $1.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $143m against $81m of interest.

From Flowers Foods Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

54 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Flowers Foods's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 7 / 20

    Net income has been a median 5.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 7 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.1%; its worst year was 2.7%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 0.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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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.