Flowers Foods (FLO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Flowers Foods (FLO) reported Operating Expenses of $521.9 million for Q1 2026, up 10.19% year-over-year from $473.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 2.02% quarter-over-quarter from $511.5 million in Q4 2025.

Flowers Foods (FLO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Flowers Foods (FLO) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $521.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $521.9 million, up 10.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $2.2 billion (up 3.46% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $2.2 billion, up 3.46% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $521.9 million in Q1 2026 per FLO's latest filing, from $511.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $672.8 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at $409.9 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $514.0 million and a median of $503.7 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses surged 35.04% in 2023, then declined 18.82% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $409.9 million in 2022, then climbed by 9.32% to $448.1 million in 2023, then advanced by 5.69% to $473.6 million in 2024, then advanced by 8.0% to $511.5 million in 2025, then increased by 2.02% to $521.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FLO's Operating Expenses at $521.9 million in Q1 2026, $511.5 million in Q4 2025, and $503.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (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 1.07 Bn
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 837.30 Mn
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -1.84 Bn
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 318.62 Mn
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 456.30 Mn
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 368.20 Mn
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 180.00 Mn
10 Flowers Foods 1.58 Bn 1.57 Bn 598.38 Mn 521.89 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 3, 2026 521.89 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 511.54 Mn
Jul 12, 2025 503.68 Mn
Apr 19, 2025 672.75 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 473.64 Mn
Oct 5, 2024 490.41 Mn
Jul 13, 2024 507.71 Mn
Apr 20, 2024 664.28 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 448.13 Mn
Oct 7, 2023 604.13 Mn
Jul 15, 2023 478.42 Mn
Apr 22, 2023 596.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 409.93 Mn
Oct 8, 2022 447.36 Mn
Jul 16, 2022 438.35 Mn
Apr 23, 2022 554.95 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 414.12 Mn
Oct 9, 2021 426.58 Mn
Jul 17, 2021 407.71 Mn
Apr 24, 2021 501.97 Mn