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

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DateValue
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%