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FLO NYSE

Flowers Foods, Inc.
1W: +2.8% 1M: +7.1% 3M: -16.8% YTD: -39.2% 1Y: -46.6% 3Y: -64.6% 5Y: -68.2%
$6.20
+0.06 (+0.98%)
After Hours: $6.27 (+0.07, +1.05%)
Weekly Expected Move ±7.0%
$5 $6 $6 $7 $7
NYSE · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · Tech Score Buy · Power 62 · $1.3B mcap · 196M float · 3.56% daily turnover · Short 70% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 69% of companies Debt: 60.7% of company value Bonds: $38.5M held by 115 funds, 196 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.58 (down 91%), Flowers Foods, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.01B against a stock market value of $1.30B.
Distance to default 3.49 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-07-18, debt counted $1.12B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 40.3%; Altman Z 1.86. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$446M +8.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: -0.4%
Capital Expenditures
$127M +3.8% ▲
5Y CAGR: +5.4%
Free Cash Flow
$319M +13.7% ▲
5Y CAGR: -2.2%
Dividends Paid
$209M -3.1% ▼
Buybacks
$5M +75.8% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$7M +140.5% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$206M$228M$123M$248M$84M
Depreciation & Amort.$137M$142M$152M$159M$167M
Stock-Based Comp.$21M$26M$27M$30M$0
Change in Working Capital-$34M-$50M$66M-$81M-$8M
Other Non-Cash Items$8M$13M$25M$26M$203M
Operating Cash Flow$345M$361M$349M$413M$446M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$201M-$169M-$129M-$132M-$127M
Acquisitions (Net)$0-$9M-$277M$0-$791M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$9M$27M$2M-$41M-$25M
Investing Cash Flow-$191M-$151M-$404M-$173M-$943M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$83M-$798K$153M-$32M$719M
Stock Repurchased-$10M-$35M-$46M-$23M-$5M
Dividends Paid-$176M-$187M-$195M-$203M-$209M
Other Financing-$6M-$282K-$533K-$190K$0
Financing Cash Flow-$275M-$222M-$88M-$258M$504M
Net Change in Cash-$122M-$21M-$143M-$18M$7M
Cash End of Period$186M$165M$23M$5M$12M
Free Cash Flow$134M$192M$220M$281M$319M

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