FLO Flowers Foods, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

7 · Fair Momentum 0.0 · Weak At risk 22y streak Reports in 18d

6.11

-0.16%

About the company

Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery food products in the United States. The company's principal products include fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, tortillas, baking mixes, and frozen breads and rolls as well as snack items including bars, cakes, cookies, and crackers. The company offers its products under the Nature's Own, DKB, Canyon Bakehouse, Simple Mills, Wonder, and Tastykake brand names. It distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates bakeries. The company's customers include national and regional restaurants, institutions and foodservice distributors, and retail in-store bakeries; wholesale distributors; mass merchandisers, supermarkets, vending outlets, and convenience stores; quick-serve chains, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies; and public health care, military commissaries, and prisons, and other governmental institutions. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.

Website Annual reports (10-K)

8.18%

185.19%

0.50

1.3B

22.63

0.27

8.24

52-week range

6.11

low 5.40 high 13.1

Dividend deep dive

Flowers Foods, Inc., a company in the Packaged Foods sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 8.62%. This yield is significantly above its 5-year high of 6.43% and its 5-year average of 4.21%. The dividend safety status is rated as "at_risk." The company's momentum score is 0.0, while its value score stands at 8.3, suggesting it may be undervalued by some metrics.

Dividend history

Flowers Foods has consistently increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years, earning it a "Contender" tier in the CCC list. The dividend has grown at a 3-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.07% and a 5-year CAGR of 4.39%. Annual dividends per share have progressed from $0.48 in 2014 to $0.92 in 2023. Projections for 2024 and 2025 show dividends of $0.96 and $0.992, respectively, continuing the growth trend.

Dividend safety

The dividend payout ratio is 185.19%, indicating that dividend payments exceed current earnings. The company's debt-to-equity ratio is 111.007%, suggesting a notable level of financial leverage.

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AI-generated from Quantic's dividend data · Updated 12 Oct 2026 · Information, not financial advice.