Flowers Foods profit margin FLO
Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2010.
- Net margin, 12 months
- 1.1%
- Operating margin, 12 months
- 2.7%
- Net margin on a year earlier
- −3.2 pts
- Peer median
- 5.6%
Over the twelve months to Jul 18, 2026, Flowers Foods kept 1.1% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of 2.7% and a gross margin of 48.6%.
Five years earlier its net margin was 5.3%.
The median for 10 packaged Foods stocks of a similar size is 5.6%.
Profit margin over time
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Operating margin | Gross margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.6% | 3.3% | 48.9% |
| FY2024 | 4.9% | 6.8% | 49.5% |
| FY2023 | 2.4% | 3.4% | 48.3% |
| FY2022 | 4.8% | 6.3% | 47.9% |
| FY2021 | 4.8% | 6.8% | 49.8% |
| FY2020 | 3.5% | 7.3% | 50.0% |
| FY2019 | 4.0% | 5.5% | 47.7% |
| FY2018 | 4.0% | 5.4% | 47.7% |
| FY2017 | 3.8% | 4.1% | 48.7% |
| FY2016 | 4.2% | 6.7% | 48.4% |
| FY2015 | 5.0% | 7.9% | 48.0% |
| FY2014 | 4.7% | 7.3% | 48.0% |
| FY2013 | 6.2% | 9.0% | 47.2% |
| FY2012 | 4.5% | 7.2% | 46.9% |
| FY2011 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Net margin, 12 months | Change on a year | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY26 | 1.1% | −3.2 pts | 2.7% | |
| Q1 FY26 | 1.4% | −3.1 pts | 3.2% | |
| Q4 FY25 | 1.6% | −3.3 pts | 3.3% | |
| Q3 FY25 | 3.8% | −0.9 pts | 6.0% | |
| Q2 FY25 | 4.3% | +1.8 pts | 6.5% | |
| Q1 FY25 | 4.5% | +2.0 pts | 6.5% | |
| Q4 FY24 | 4.9% | +2.4 pts | 6.8% | |
| Q3 FY24 | 4.7% | +2.0 pts | 6.6% | |
| Q2 FY24 | 2.5% | −2.0 pts | 3.7% | |
| Q1 FY24 | 2.4% | −1.9 pts | 3.5% | |
| Q4 FY23 | 2.4% | −2.3 pts | 3.4% | |
| Q3 FY23 | 2.7% | −2.0 pts | 3.7% |
Against its peers
Companies in Packaged Foods nearest Flowers Foods' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Profit margin |
|---|---|
| FLOFlowers Foods | 1.1% |
| BRBRBellring Brands | 7.3% |
| JJSFJ&J Snack Foods | 3.2% |
| SENEASeneca Foods | 6.7% |
| MAMAMama's Creations | 3.5% |
| MZTIMarzetti | 9.9% |
| FRPTFreshpet | 17.3% |
| POSTPost | 3.5% |
| LWAYLifeway Foods | 4.5% |
| INGRIngredion | 8.2% |
| CPBCAMPBELL'S | 4.1% |
| Peer median | 5.6% |
Where Flowers Foods ranks
What the profit margin tells you
Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).
Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.
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