Flowers Foods, Inc.
Flowers Foods, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Food and Kindred Products (industry code 2000), based in Thomasville, GA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, it reported revenue of $5.3 billion and a profit of $84 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 2000, Food and Kindred Products); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.8 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 7.1 out of ten, present 6.4 out of ten, future 3.7 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.4 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 74th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 6.2 out of ten. +4.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 62nd percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 8.6 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 56% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 2 purchases. 86th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 6.5 out of ten. ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar. 65th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.0 out of ten. top 39% of 19 in its family; net margin 1.6%. 61st percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 6.7 out of ten. top 33% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019. 67th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 3.0 out of ten. bottom 30% of 18 in its family for room to expand. 30th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 3.9 out of ten. bottom 38% of 17 in its family for growth drivers. 38th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 4.8 out of ten. bottom 49% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality. 49th percentile among 16 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 for the period ended 2026-01-03 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-20 for the period ended 2026-07-18 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-20 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 144, 2026-10-08. Filings on record since 2000. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Who runs it
Mcmullian, Ryals (Chairman and CEO); Deese, George E (Executive Chairman ofthe Board); Varnedoe, Heeth Iv (President and COO); Scaglione, Diego Anthony (Chief Financial Officer); Courtney, H Mark (Chief Brand Officer); Chaffin, John Mark (Chief Information Officer); Cox, Cindy (Chief Human Resources Officer); Roach, David M (Chief DSD Operations Officer); Thomas, Terry S (Chief Growth Officer); Tillman, Stephanie B (Chief Legal Counsel); and 11 more. 21 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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