Flowers Foods (FLO) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Flowers Foods (FLO) reported Gross Margin of 48.54% for Q1 2026, down 30.0% year-over-year from 69.34% in Q1 2025, and up 1.27% quarter-over-quarter from 47.93% in Q4 2025.
Flowers Foods (FLO) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Flowers Foods (FLO) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 48.54% in Q1 2026.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 48.54%, down 30.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 48.87% (down 63.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 48.87%, down 63.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin advanced to 48.54% in Q1 2026 per FLO's latest filing, from 47.93% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 49.93% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 46.85% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 48.62% and a median of 48.68% in 2025 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin plunged 304 bps in 2022, then jumped 167 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 46.85% in 2022, then advanced by 2 bps to 47.94% in 2023, then gained by 2 bps to 48.84% in 2024, then fell by 2 bps to 47.93% in 2025, then grew by 1 bps to 48.54% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows FLO's Gross Margin at 48.54% in Q1 2026, 47.93% in Q4 2025, and 48.82% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross 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 | 36.70% |
| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 30.81% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 17.44% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.70 Bn | 13.10 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 37.83% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | 35.39% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 13.45% |
| 10 | Flowers Foods | 1.58 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 598.38 Mn | 48.54% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2026 | 48.54% |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 47.93% |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 48.82% |
| Apr 19, 2025 | 49.92% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 48.84% |
| Oct 5, 2024 | 49.75% |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 49.93% |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 49.44% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 47.94% |
| Oct 7, 2023 | 48.51% |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 49.02% |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 47.81% |
| Oct 8, 2022 | 46.85% |
| Jul 16, 2022 | 48.09% |
| Apr 23, 2022 | 49.54% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 46.93% |
| Oct 9, 2021 | 49.89% |
| Jul 17, 2021 | 50.45% |
| Apr 24, 2021 | 50.58% |
| Oct 3, 2020 | 49.71% |