Flowers Foods (FLO) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Flowers Foods (FLO) reported FCF Margin of 10.06% for Q1 2026, down 505.0% year-over-year from 2.48% in Q1 2025, and up 47.14% quarter-over-quarter from 6.83% 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 10.06% in Q1 2026.
- FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 10.06%, down 505.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 7.95% (up 83.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 7.95%, up 83.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin improved to 10.06% in Q1 2026 per FLO's latest filing, from 6.83% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 17.18% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 8.51% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 6.45% and a median of 7.08% in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Margin jumped 1477 bps in 2022, then sank 666 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 6.26% in 2022, then increased by 30 bps to 8.12% in 2023, then jumped by 86 bps to 15.1% in 2024, then slumped by 55 bps to 6.83% in 2025, then surged by 47 bps to 10.06% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows FLO's FCF Margin at 10.06% in Q1 2026, 6.83% in Q4 2025, and 8.05% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (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 | 12.67% |
| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 6.66% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 6.09% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.70 Bn | 13.10 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 0.98% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | 20.82% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | -4.03% |
| 10 | Flowers Foods | 1.58 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 598.38 Mn | 10.06% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2026 | 10.06% |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 6.83% |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 8.05% |
| Apr 19, 2025 | 7.08% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 15.10% |
| Oct 5, 2024 | 7.44% |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.62% |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 6.32% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 8.12% |
| Oct 7, 2023 | 10.53% |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 5.71% |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 3.64% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.26% |
| Oct 8, 2022 | 17.18% |
| Jul 16, 2022 | -3.26% |
| Apr 23, 2022 | 8.55% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | -8.51% |
| Apr 24, 2021 | 5.43% |
| Oct 3, 2020 | 13.43% |
| Jul 11, 2020 | 12.09% |