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Flowers Foods (FLO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Flowers Foods has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.73% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 168.0% to 0.73% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.73% through Jan 2026, down 168.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.86% for FY2026, 155.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.73% for Q1 2026 at Flowers Foods, down from 0.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.55% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 1.91% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.67% (2024), against an average of 3.77%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed crashed -1246bps in 2023 and then surged 879bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.27% in 2022, then crashed by -48bps to 1.19% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 102bps to 2.41% in 2024, then plummeted by -67bps to 0.8% in 2025, then fell by -8bps to 0.73% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FLO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.73% (Q1 2026), 0.8% (Q4 2025), and 1.36% (Q3 2025).