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NYSE · FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS · LARGE CAP

Flowers Foods, Inc. FLO

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY14 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$5.3B
▲ 3.0% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
14 yrs
Raised every year since 2012
EPS · FY25
$0.40
Dividend / sh · FY25
$0.98
Payout · FY25
250%
ROE · FY25
6.2%
Net margin · FY25
1.6%
Dividend coverage
0.4×
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Result
USD 5.3B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
2465.30.12008201120142017202020232025
2465.30.12016201920222025

2 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.40
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.511.50.980.402008201120142017202020232025
0.511.50.980.402016201920222025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
6.2%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
816246.2%2008201120142017202020232025
816246.2%2016201920222025
Operating margin3.3%
Net margin1.6%
Return on assets2.2%

Each USD of equity produced 6 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 214.8M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 209.3M
Net buybacksUSD 5.5M
Share of profit256.3%
Consecutive raises14 years

USD 209.3M in dividends and USD 5.5M in buybacks — 256% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+3.7% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+3.0%
+3.7%
+3.4%
+4.9%
Net income
−28.4%
−11.3%
−7.8%
−3.2%
EPS, diluted
−28.0%
−11.1%
−7.7%
−5.9%
Dividend / share
+4.1%
+4.5%
+5.6%
+4.4%
Returned to shareholders
−1.0%
+5.0%
+6.0%
+5.1%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
—
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years—
Change, 10 years—

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 4.2B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 4.2B
EquityUSD 1.3B
CashUSD 12.1M
Gross debtUSD 1.8B
Net debtUSD 1.7B
Current ratio0.75×

Net debt stands at 134% of equity.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
5.3
5.1
5.1
4.8
4.3
4.4
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.7
3.0
2.8
2.6
2.6
2.4
Operating income $B
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
EBITDA $B
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
Income tax $B
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Net income $B
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
EPS, diluted $
0.40
1.17
0.58
1.07
0.97
0.72
0.78
0.74
0.71
0.78
0.89
0.82
1.09
0.66
0.60
0.99
0.94
1.28
Dividend / sh $
0.98
0.95
0.91
0.87
0.83
0.79
0.75
0.71
0.67
0.62
0.57
0.48
0.44
0.42
0.39
0.52
0.45
0.57
Payout %
250
82
158
82
85
110
97
96
94
80
64
58
40
64
64
52
48
45
ROE %
6.2
18.0
8.8
16.0
14.8
11.6
13.0
12.5
12.2
13.4
16.0
16.0
23.9
15.9
15.5
18.1
18.2
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Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
52 of 52
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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