Flowers Foods (FLO) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Flowers Foods' (FLO) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.67 in Q1 2026, up 176.01% year-on-year from 0.24 in Q1 2025, and up 100.43% on a QoQ basis from 153.73 in Q4 2025.

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

Flowers Foods (FLO) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.67 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 176.01% year-over-year to 0.67 in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.66, a 30.99% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.66, up 30.99% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.67, up from 153.73 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for FLO reached as high as 10.39 in Q3 2023 and fell as low as 153.73 in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 7.79 across 5 years, with a median of 0.57 in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio soared 210.68% in 2022 and plunged 27040.38% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.69 in 2022, then plunged by 61.49% to 0.26 in 2023, then slipped by 8.75% to 0.24 in 2024, then sank by 63883.53% to 153.73 in 2025, then jumped by 100.43% to 0.67 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.67 in Q1 2026, 153.73 in Q4 2025, and 0.4 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.62
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.57
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 2.98
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.41
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn -
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn -
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 0.26
10 Flowers Foods 1.77 Bn 1.76 Bn 598.38 Mn 0.67

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 3, 2026 0.67
Oct 4, 2025 -153.73
Jul 12, 2025 0.40
Apr 19, 2025 0.48
Dec 28, 2024 0.24
Oct 5, 2024 0.57
Jul 13, 2024 1.44
Apr 20, 2024 0.71
Dec 30, 2023 0.26
Oct 7, 2023 0.49
Jul 15, 2023 10.39
Apr 22, 2023 0.88
Dec 31, 2022 0.69
Oct 8, 2022 0.23
Jul 16, 2022 3.79
Apr 23, 2022 0.63
Jan 1, 2022 -0.62
Apr 24, 2021 0.44
Oct 3, 2020 0.48
Jul 11, 2020 0.25