Is Flowers Foods (FLO) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Flowers Foods's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 7.6, a forward P/E of about 9.8, a price-to-book of about 1.3 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Flowers Foods's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.65×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Flowers Foods's revenue?

Flowers Foods reported revenue of $5.3B for FY2026, with net profit of $83.8M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Flowers Foods (FLO)?

Flowers Foods last traded at $8.33 (-2.1% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Flowers Foods

FLO · NYSE · Consumer Staples · United States

$8.33-2.1%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:32 PM

Snapshot

TickerFLO

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Staples

IndustryPackaged Foods

CountryUnited States

Employees10,300

HeadquartersThomasville, United States

Market cap$1.8B

P/E (TTM)7.6

P/B1.3

Volume2.49M

Websitewww.flowersfoods.com

Filings tracked6

About Flowers Foods

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders8.0%
Institutions86.5%
Public & other5.5%

559 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.9.44%
State Street Corporation5.65%
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.5.35%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.07%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.12%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3.56%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.3.07%
Invesco Ltd.2.48%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Latest ROE of 6.4% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Cash conversion2.65×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend2.4% → 1.6%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Return on equity6.4%

Latest ROE of 6.4% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Growth qualityrev 2% · PAT -18%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $1.2B · EPS 0.18

Est. earnings growth -23.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $5.2B · EPS 0.85

Est. earnings growth +1.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$6.8052-wk range$16.85

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 6

Market cap

$1.8B

Day change

-2.1%

P/E (TTM)

7.6

Fwd P/E

9.8

P/B

1.3

Div yield

5.88%

Beta

0.40

Revenue (FY2026)

$5.3B

Net margin

1.6%

ROE

6.4%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+1.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-17.6%

EPS (FY2026)

0.40

Net profit (FY2026)

$83.8M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2026	$5.3B	$83.8M	0.40	1.6%	6.4%
FY2024	$5.1B	$248.1M	1.17	4.9%	17.6%
FY2023	$5.1B	$123.4M	0.58	2.4%	9.1%

Quarterly

Period	Net profit	EPS
2025Q4	$39.5M	0.19
2025Q3	$58.4M	0.28
2024Q4	$65.0M	0.31
2024Q3	$67.0M	0.32
2023Q4	$-46.7M	-0.22
2023Q3	$63.8M	0.30

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Executive/director change
SEC6/5/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC6/2/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/21/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/21/2026
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC4/7/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC3/30/2026material

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