Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.01, Zacks reports. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 4.70% and a return on equity of 19.41%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.20 EPS. Flowers Foods updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.180-1.280 EPS.

Flowers Foods Price Performance

Flowers Foods stock opened at $19.07 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 1.24. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $20.43 and its 200 day moving average price is $21.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.72, a P/E/G ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 0.38. Flowers Foods has a 1 year low of $18.85 and a 1 year high of $26.12.

Flowers Foods Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.04%. Flowers Foods’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 84.21%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Flowers Foods from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 20th.

Flowers Foods Company Profile

Flowers Foods, Inc produces and markets packaged bakery food products in the United States. Its principal products include fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs.