Flowers Foods (FLO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a U.S. bakery company that produces and markets packaged breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes and other baked goods. Its products are sold under brands including Nature’s Own, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wonder, Tastykake, Canyon Bakehouse and Mrs. Freshley’s.

Founded in 1919 in Thomasville, Georgia, the company has grown from a local bakery into a national producer of baked goods. Flowers Foods serves consumers across the United States through grocery stores and other retail channels, using a mix of direct-store delivery and warehouse distribution.

The company is headquartered in Thomasville. Ryals McMullian has served as its chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.20 to $6.36
• 50-Day Range: $5.55 to $7.10
• 52-Week Range: $5.40 to $12.14
• Volume: 7.92 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.02
• Dividend Yield: 8.01%
• Price Target: $6.70
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Flowers Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Flowers Foods scored higher than 55% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 101st out of 169 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Flowers Foods has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Flowers Foods is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Flowers Foods has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Flowers Foods are expected to remain at $0.80 per share in the coming year.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Flowers Foods is 24.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Flowers Foods is 24.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.61.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Flowers Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.01. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

25.76% of the float of Flowers Foods has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Flowers Foods has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Flowers Foods has recently increased by 9.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Flowers Foods is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.81%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Flowers Foods has been increasing its dividend for 24 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Flowers Foods is 192.31%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Flowers Foods will have a dividend payout ratio of 62.50% next year. This indicates that Flowers Foods will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.08

News Sentiment

Flowers Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Flowers Foods this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 8 people have searched for FLO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -62% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Flowers Foods insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $25,916.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.23% of the stock of Flowers Foods is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.45% of the stock of Flowers Foods is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/20/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FLO
• CIK: 1128928
• Web: www.flowersfoods.com
• Phone: (912) 226-9110
• Fax: 229-225-3816
• Employees: 10,300
• Year Founded: 1919

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Flowers Foods: $6.70
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.3%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.02
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.81
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $83.82 million
• Net Margins: 1.06%
• Pretax Margin: 1.53%
• Return on Equity: 14.91%
• Return on Assets: 4.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.97
• Current Ratio: 0.77
• Quick Ratio: 0.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.25
• Cash Flow: $1.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.39
• Book Value: $6.17 per share
• Price / Book: 1.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 212,060,000
• Free Float: 196,725,000
• Market Cap: $1.32 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.38