1 800 Flowers Com Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, 1 800 Flowers Com Inc had return on equity of -65.4%, an operating margin of -8.5%, debt equal to 94.8% of equity and a current ratio of 0.92. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jun 2010 | 2011Jul 2011 | 2012Jul 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jul 2016 | 2017Jul 2017 | 2018Jul 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jul 2022 | 2023Jul 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 41.6% | 41.4% | 41.5% | 41.7% | 43.4% | 44.1% | 43.6% | 42.5% | 42.1% | 41.8% | 42.2% | 37.2% | 37.5% | 40.1% | 38.7% | 38.0% |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 7.0% | 1.9% | −1.7% | −0.1% | −12.2% | −8.5% |
| Net margin | −0.6% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 4.0% | 5.6% | 1.3% | −2.2% | −0.3% | −11.9% | −9.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.9% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 8.3% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 7.0% | 5.6% | −2.8% | 3.5% | 3.1% | −4.0% | −0.9% |
| Return on equity | −3.2% | 4.1% | 11.6% | 7.4% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 13.7% | 10.6% | 15.9% | 26.1% | 5.8% | −9.1% | −1.3% | −54.4% | −65.4% |
| Return on assets | — | 2.2% | 6.8% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 8.5% | 12.8% | 2.7% | −4.2% | −0.6% | −22.2% | −19.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 2.55 | 2.71 | 2.87 | 2.92 | 2.93 | 2.35 | 2.26 | 2.05 | 2.12 | 2.16 | 2.29 | 2.03 | 1.88 | 1.76 | 1.87 | 2.13 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.21 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.38 | 2.06 | 2.19 | 2.38 | 2.10 | 1.50 | 1.31 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.28 | 0.92 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 32.1% | 18.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 63.4% | 47.0% | 38.5% | 32.5% | 28.3% | 23.2% | 35.7% | 31.9% | 41.6% | 40.1% | 58.1% | 94.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 36.8% | 36.6% | 37.6% | 36.1% | 30.3% | 21.4% | −7.3% | 19.1% | 24.2% | 20.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | 234.1% | 128.1% | 118.5% | 127.2% | 459.2% | 64.4% | 62.1% | 61.4% | 131.0% | 177.5% | 99.5% | −206.8% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 3.5% | 3.4% | 14.5% | 65.7% | 42.5% | 9.0% | 64.1% | 39.2% | 48.6% | 32.4% | 10.2% | 18.9% | — | 1.8% | 18.4% | — | — |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 43.3% | 31.7% | 35.5% | 35.7% | 42.1% | 33.2% | 34.7% |
| Operating margin | −19.4% | 11.7% | −58.4% | −16.5% | −23.5% | 10.6% | −32.3% | −19.2% |
| Net margin | −14.1% | 8.3% | −53.8% | −15.4% | −24.6% | 10.0% | −34.1% | −17.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −78.2% | 41.0% | −48.3% | −10.7% | −67.7% | 43.0% | −46.6% | −11.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.44 | 1.51 | 1.55 | 1.28 | 1.03 | 1.25 | 1.14 | 0.92 |
| Debt to equity | 53.0% | 31.8% | 49.5% | 58.1% | 120.9% | 50.9% | 73.7% | 94.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $211m of assets due within a year against $229m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $211m short-term assets against $264m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $11m of cash against $136m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 95% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 27% to 95% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $18m of operating cash flow against $136m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$127m against $17m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard 1 800 Flowers Com'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 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 15.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 14 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 40.9%, moving by 2.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.7%; its worst year was -12.2%.
- Cash conversion 8 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 2.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 4.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (60 before it).
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