Flowers Foods (FLO) Change in Working Capital (2018 - 2026)

Flowers Foods (FLO) reported Change in Working Capital of -$18.9 million for Q1 2026, down 512.43% year-over-year from $4.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 191.72% quarter-over-quarter from $20.6 million in Q4 2025.

Flowers Foods (FLO) Change in Working Capital (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Flowers Foods (FLO) has 9 years of Change in Working Capital data on file, last reported at -$18.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Change in Working Capital for Q1 2026 came in at -$18.9 million, down 512.43% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $31.5 million (up 26.56% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $31.5 million, up 26.56% from the prior year.
  • Change in Working Capital eased to -$18.9 million in Q1 2026 per FLO's latest filing, from $20.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Working Capital peaked at $98.3 million in Q1 2022 and troughed at -$116.8 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $5.3 million and a median of $897000.0 in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Working Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Change in Working Capital sank 3615.34% in 2023, then jumped 28790.38% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Working Capital shows it stood at $18.7 million in 2022, then slumped by 81.57% to $3.4 million in 2023, then plunged by 189.65% to -$3.1 million in 2024, then jumped by 767.72% to $20.6 million in 2025, then tumbled by 191.72% to -$18.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FLO's Change in Working Capital at -$18.9 million in Q1 2026, $20.6 million in Q4 2025, and -$271000.0 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change Working Cap. (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn -
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn -
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -1.59 Bn
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn -
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn -
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn -
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn -
10 Flowers Foods 1.58 Bn 1.57 Bn 598.38 Mn -18.88 Mn

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Jan 3, 2026 -18.88 Mn
Jan 3, 2026 -18.88 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 20.58 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 20.58 Mn
Jul 12, 2025 -271,000.00
Jul 12, 2025 -271,000.00
Apr 19, 2025 30.05 Mn
Apr 19, 2025 30.05 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 -3.08 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 -3.08 Mn
Oct 5, 2024 -4.15 Mn
Oct 5, 2024 -4.15 Mn
Jul 13, 2024 32.00 Mn
Jul 13, 2024 32.00 Mn
Apr 20, 2024 104,000.00
Apr 20, 2024 104,000.00
Dec 30, 2023 3.44 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 3.44 Mn
Oct 7, 2023 -116.77 Mn
Oct 7, 2023 -116.77 Mn