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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

GrossOperatingNet

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNet marginOperating marginGross margin
FY20251.6%3.3%48.9%
FY20244.9%6.8%49.5%
FY20232.4%3.4%48.3%
FY20224.8%6.3%47.9%
FY20214.8%6.8%49.8%
FY20203.5%7.3%50.0%
FY20194.0%5.5%47.7%
FY20184.0%5.4%47.7%
FY20173.8%4.1%48.7%
FY20164.2%6.7%48.4%
FY20155.0%7.9%48.0%
FY20144.7%7.3%48.0%
FY20136.2%9.0%47.2%
FY20124.5%7.2%46.9%
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Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedNet margin, 12 monthsChange on a yearOperating margin
Q2 FY261.1%−3.2 pts2.7%
Q1 FY261.4%−3.1 pts3.2%
Q4 FY251.6%−3.3 pts3.3%
Q3 FY253.8%−0.9 pts6.0%
Q2 FY254.3%+1.8 pts6.5%
Q1 FY254.5%+2.0 pts6.5%
Q4 FY244.9%+2.4 pts6.8%
Q3 FY244.7%+2.0 pts6.6%
Q2 FY242.5%−2.0 pts3.7%
Q1 FY242.4%−1.9 pts3.5%
Q4 FY232.4%−2.3 pts3.4%
Q3 FY232.7%−2.0 pts3.7%

Against its peers

Companies in Packaged Foods nearest Flowers Foods' size, closest first, today.

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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