Growth Metrics

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

Flowers Foods has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 48.54% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 30.0% to 48.54% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 48.87% through Jan 2026, down 63.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 48.87% for FY2026, 63.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 48.54% for Q1 2026 at Flowers Foods, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 48.68% (2025), against an average of 48.62%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin crashed -304bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 167bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 46.85% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 47.94% in 2023, then grew by 2bps to 48.84% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 47.93% in 2025, then grew by 1bps to 48.54% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FLO's Gross Margin are 48.54% (Q1 2026), 47.93% (Q4 2025), and 48.82% (Q3 2025).