Growth Metrics

Flowers Foods (FLO) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Flowers Foods has reported FCF Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 10.06% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 24.0% to 10.06% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 7.95% through Jan 2026, up 83.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 7.95% for FY2026, 83.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 10.06% for Q1 2026 at Flowers Foods, up from 6.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 17.51% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 2.76% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 7.46% (2025), against an average of 6.88%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin soared 2027bps in 2022 and then plummeted -939bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 17.51% in 2022, then crashed by -54bps to 8.12% in 2023, then grew by 27bps to 10.29% in 2024, then plummeted by -34bps to 6.83% in 2025, then surged by 47bps to 10.06% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FLO's FCF Margin are 10.06% (Q1 2026), 6.83% (Q4 2025), and 7.57% (Q3 2025).