Flowers Foods FLO
NYSE FLO
$6.95 -0.15 (-2.11%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:02 PM EDT

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

Flowers Foods (FLO) posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.36% for Q1 2026, up 32.0% year-over-year from 0.27% in Q1 2025, and down 20.43% quarter-over-quarter from 0.45% in Q4 2025.

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

Flowers Foods (FLO) has reported Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.36% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 32.0% year-over-year to 0.36%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.36% (up 32.0% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 0.1%, up 6.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital eased to 0.36% in Q1 2026 per FLO's latest filing, from 0.45% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.53% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 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.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Invested Capital fell 24 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 52 bps.
  • Flowers Foods' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.08% in 2022, then slumped by 81 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 119 bps to 0.04% in 2024, then jumped by 1184 bps to 0.45% in 2025, then slipped by 20 bps to 0.36% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FLO's Return on Invested Capital at 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 30.37 Bn 27.69 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.00%
2 General Mills 21.49 Bn 21.03 Bn 1.60 Bn 0.00%
3 Mccormick 14.93 Bn 14.60 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.00%
4 Jbs 14.80 Bn 11.34 Bn 4.91 Bn -0.01%
5 J M Smucker 13.21 Bn 13.15 Bn 862.10 Mn 0.00%
6 Hormel Foods 13.14 Bn 12.28 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.02%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.22 Bn 11.50 Bn - -
8 Darling Ingredients 10.40 Bn 10.24 Bn 503.37 Mn 0.00%
9 Smithfield Foods 8.75 Bn 7.40 Bn 478.00 Mn 0.01%
10 Flowers Foods 1.49 Bn 1.47 Bn 598.38 Mn 0.00%

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%