Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.180-1.280 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.300. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.4 billion-$5.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.2 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Flowers Foods Stock Down 1.4 %

Flowers Foods stock traded down $0.28 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $19.07. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,011,137 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,109,333. Flowers Foods has a 52-week low of $18.85 and a 52-week high of $26.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.72, a PEG ratio of 3.78 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 0.95. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $20.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $21.89.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.01. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 4.70% and a return on equity of 19.41%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.20 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Flowers Foods will post 1.27 EPS for the current year.

Flowers Foods Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were issued a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 29th. Flowers Foods’s dividend payout ratio is presently 84.21%.

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.