Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO): Price and Financial Metrics

FLO POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where FLO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 88.61% of US stocks.
• FLO's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
• FLO ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.

FLO Stock Summary

• FLOWERS FOODS INC's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 85.7% of US listed stocks.
• FLO's current price/earnings ratio is 35.38, which is higher than 78.48% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of FLOWERS FOODS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 76.81% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to FLO, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are KFY, OLLI, JLL, BJRI, and NRC.
• FLO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit FLOWERS FOODS INC's official web site, go to www.flowersfoods.com.

FLO Valuation Summary

• FLO's price/sales ratio is 0.9; this is 52.63% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• FLO's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 262.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FLO.

FLO Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -43.64%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -4.19%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 3779.67%.

FLO's revenue has moved up $596,299,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows FLO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	4,805.822	360.889	228.394
2022-09-30	4,706.642	320.921	219.119
2022-06-30	4,576.273	305.013	217.443
2022-03-31	4,464.531	370.769	220.121
2021-12-31	4,330.767	344.61	206.187
2021-09-30	4,370.313	405.251	222.689

FLO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FLO has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 94.84% of graded US stocks.
• FLO's asset turnover comes in at 1.302 -- ranking 16th of 59 Food Products stocks.
• LANC, LNDC, and THS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FLO.

The table below shows FLO's key quality metrics over time.