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

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. 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 lowered shares of Flowers Foods from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th.

Flowers Foods Stock Performance

FLO stock opened at $19.32 on Friday. Flowers Foods has a 1 year low of $18.90 and a 1 year high of $26.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 1.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.94, a PEG ratio of 3.78 and a beta of 0.38. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $20.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $21.91.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 8th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.03. Flowers Foods had a return on equity of 19.41% and a net margin of 4.70%. The company had revenue of $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.20 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.29 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that Flowers Foods will post 1.27 EPS for the current year.

Flowers Foods Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th were issued a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.97%. Flowers Foods’s dividend payout ratio is currently 84.21%.

About Flowers Foods

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.