FLO Flowers Foods, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

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

7.17

+0.14%

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)

6.97%

142.86%

0.50

1.5B

20.49

0.35

9.36

52-week range

7.17

low 6.80 high 16.6

Dividend deep dive

Flowers Foods, Inc., a Packaged Foods company, currently offers a dividend yield of 5.9%. This yield is towards the higher end of its 5-year historical range, which spans from a low of 3.2% to a high of 6.43%, with an average of 4.21%. The company's dividend safety is rated as "at_risk" by the provided data, indicating potential challenges to its sustainability.

Dividend history

Flowers Foods has a consistent track record of dividend increases, marking 22 consecutive years of growth, which places it in the CCC Contender tier. The dividend has seen a 3-year Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.07% and a 5-year CAGR of 4.40%. The annual dividends per share have increased from $0.48 in 2014 to $0.92 in 2023, with $0.96 projected for 2024 and $0.992 for 2025, demonstrating modest annual increments over the past decade.

Dividend safety

The dividend coverage for Flowers Foods appears challenged, with a payout ratio of 142.86% against earnings. Leverage metrics indicate elevated debt, with a debt-to-equity ratio of 111.007%.

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AI-generated from Quantic's dividend data · Updated 17 Jul 2026 · Information, not financial advice.