Flowers Foods (FLO) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2025)
Flowers Foods (FLO) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 4.96% in Q2 2027, down 3.85 percentage points from 8.81% a year earlier.
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Flowers Foods (FLO) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026, Flowers Foods reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.18%.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of -4.48 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 12.16% in FY2024 (+5.78 pp), 6.38% in FY2023 (-4.78 pp) and 11.15% in FY2022 (+0.50 pp).
- The Q2 2027 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q3 2011.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 11.13% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 23.54% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -5.19% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Flowers Foods | 1.37 Bn | 1.28 Bn | 577.93 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2025 | 9.04% |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 8.81% |
| Apr 19, 2025 | 10.07% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 12.15% |
| Oct 5, 2024 | 11.78% |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 6.60% |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 6.44% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 6.24% |
| Oct 7, 2023 | 6.37% |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 10.53% |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 11.66% |
| Oct 8, 2022 | 19.44% |
| Jul 16, 2022 | 19.18% |
| Oct 9, 2021 | 20.18% |
| Jul 17, 2021 | 20.20% |
| Oct 3, 2020 | 8.62% |
| Jul 11, 2020 | 8.84% |
| Apr 18, 2020 | 8.84% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 8.46% |
| Oct 5, 2019 | 9.34% |
API Access
Flowers Foods Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=FLO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "FLO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=FLO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();