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Flowers Foods, Inc.

Consumer StaplesFood Products
Ticker FLOTHOMASVILLE, GAFiscal year ends JanuaryBook value per share $6.23Diluted shares 212.5M

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) produces and markets packaged bakery foods in the United States, including breads, buns, rolls, snack bars, cakes, cookies and crackers, bagels, English muffins, tortillas and baking mixes. Its products serve consumers through supermarkets, mass merchandisers, club and convenience… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Jul 18, 2026, Flowers Foods, Inc. reported revenue of $5.22B, up 2.5% from a year earlier, and net income of $55.17M. Its operating margin was 2.7%, and operations generated $421.29M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $5.26B, up 3.0% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $83.83M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 01-02Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-07-18
Sales & profitability
$5.26BFY2025
+3.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $5.22B
3.31%FY2025
−3.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 2.74%
$83.83MFY2025
−66.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $55.17M
14.78%FY2025
−3.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 11.65%
Cash & financing
$446.20MFY2025
+8.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $421.29M
$319.09MFY2025
+13.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $306.06M
1.35FY2025
Was 0.72× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 1.27
212.1MFY2025
No change, year over year
Last 12 mo 212.5M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Flowers Foods, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) produces and markets packaged bakery foods in the United States, including breads, buns, rolls, snack bars, cakes, cookies and crackers, bagels, English muffins, tortillas and baking mixes. Its products serve consumers through supermarkets, mass merchandisers, club and convenience stores, natural-food retailers, foodservice operators, institutions and other channels; it also supplies store-brand products and sells returned and surplus goods through thrift stores. The company’s major brands include Nature’s Own, Dave’s Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Simple Mills, Wonder and Tastykake. It reports one reportable segment, combining its legacy Flowers Foods and Simple Mills businesses. Branded Retail represented 65.9% of total sales in fiscal 2025, while other sales included store brands, foodservice, restaurant, institutional and contract manufacturing. Flowers completed its acquisition of Simple Mills in February 2025, expanding its offerings in better-for-you snacks. As of January 3, 2026, it had approximately 10,300 employees. Its website is www.flowersfoods.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry (SIC)
Food Products
Headquarters
THOMASVILLE, GA
Fiscal year end
January
CIK
1128928
SIC
2000

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-525.65M$1.05B$2.63B$4.21B$5.78B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Flowers Foods, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

273
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$793.43M
held by funds, at market
46.1%
of shares held by funds
4
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Flowers Foods, Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.09%of fund net assets
Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund
UBVLX · UNDISCOVERED MANAGERS FUNDS
0.77%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.05%of fund net assets
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
SCHD · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Flowers Foods, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 4 issues of Flowers Foods, Inc.’s debt, $243.30M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.49%, maturing 2026 to 2055.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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