Flowers Foods (FLO) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Flowers Foods' (FLO) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 6.37% in Q1 2026, down 1250.0% year-on-year from 0.55% in Q1 2025, and up 23091.21% on a QoQ basis from 0.03% in Q4 2025.

Flowers Foods (FLO) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Flowers Foods (FLO) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 6.37% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 1250.0% year-over-year to 6.37% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 6.07%, a 187.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 6.07%, down 187.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 6.37%, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for FLO reached as high as 18.87% in Q4 2024 and fell as low as 8.51% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 6.32% across 5 years, with a median of 6.26% in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin surged 1477 bps in 2022 and slumped 1250 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 6.26% in 2022, then jumped by 160 bps to 16.26% in 2023, then climbed by 16 bps to 18.87% in 2024, then plunged by 100 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then jumped by 23091 bps to 6.37% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Margin figures were 6.37% in Q1 2026, 0.03% in Q4 2025, and 10.52% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 12.67%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 7.97%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 1.82%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 17.41%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn -4.03%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 3.75%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn 17.57%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 11.36%
10 Flowers Foods 1.77 Bn 1.76 Bn 598.38 Mn 6.37%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 3, 2026 6.37%
Oct 4, 2025 -0.03%
Jul 12, 2025 10.52%
Apr 19, 2025 7.08%
Dec 28, 2024 18.87%
Oct 5, 2024 7.44%
Jul 13, 2024 2.89%
Apr 20, 2024 4.55%
Dec 30, 2023 16.26%
Oct 7, 2023 8.32%
Jul 15, 2023 0.38%
Apr 22, 2023 3.64%
Dec 31, 2022 6.26%
Oct 8, 2022 17.18%
Jul 16, 2022 1.09%
Apr 23, 2022 5.13%
Jan 1, 2022 -8.51%
Apr 24, 2021 7.41%
Oct 3, 2020 8.90%
Jul 11, 2020 16.47%