Flowers Foods (FLO) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Flowers Foods' (FLO) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.36% in Q1 2026, up 32.0% year-on-year from 0.27% in Q1 2025, and down 20.43% on a QoQ basis from 0.45% in Q4 2025.

Flowers Foods (FLO) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Flowers Foods (FLO) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.36% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 32.0% year-over-year to 0.36% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.36%, a 32.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at 0.1%, up 6.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.36%, down from 0.45% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for FLO reached as high as 0.53% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 0.01% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.13% across 5 years, with a median of 0.06% in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital dropped 24 bps in 2024 and surged 52 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.08% in 2022, then slumped by 81 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then surged by 119 bps to 0.04% in 2024, then soared by 1184 bps to 0.45% in 2025, then declined by 20 bps to 0.36% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.36% in Q1 2026, 0.45% in Q4 2025, and 0.53% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn -0.01%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 0.00%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.02%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.00%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 0.03%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 0.00%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -0.01%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 0.00%
10 Flowers Foods 1.77 Bn 1.76 Bn 598.38 Mn 0.36%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 3, 2026 0.36%
Oct 4, 2025 0.45%
Jul 12, 2025 0.53%
Apr 19, 2025 0.09%
Dec 28, 2024 0.04%
Oct 5, 2024 0.02%
Jul 13, 2024 0.01%
Apr 20, 2024 0.01%
Dec 30, 2023 0.02%
Oct 7, 2023 0.06%
Jul 15, 2023 0.24%
Apr 22, 2023 0.13%
Dec 31, 2022 0.08%
Oct 8, 2022 0.05%
Jul 16, 2022 0.04%
Apr 23, 2022 0.05%
Jan 1, 2022 0.06%
Oct 9, 2021 0.05%
Jul 17, 2021 0.04%
Apr 24, 2021 0.04%