Growth Metrics

Flowers Foods (FLO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Flowers Foods has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.42 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 4.59% to 0.42 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.5 through Jan 2026, down 10.32% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.5 for FY2026, 10.32% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.42 for Q1 2026 at Flowers Foods, down from 0.62 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 10.39 in Q3 2023 and troughed at 2.71 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.51 (2024), against an average of 0.78.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio surged 2273.02% in 2023 and then plummeted 90.14% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.25 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 115.77% to 0.53 in 2023, then decreased by 16.42% to 0.44 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 41.11% to 0.62 in 2025, then crashed by 32.39% to 0.42 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FLO's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.42 (Q1 2026), 0.62 (Q4 2025), and 0.56 (Q3 2025).