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

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.180-1.280 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Flowers Foods Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE FLO traded up $0.27 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $18.73. The stock had a trading volume of 913,201 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,099,223. Flowers Foods has a 12 month low of $18.36 and a 12 month high of $26.12. 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 company has a market capitalization of $3.95 billion, a PE ratio of 16.43, a PEG ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 0.38. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $20.36 and a two-hundred day moving average of $21.87.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 last year, the business posted $0.20 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Flowers Foods will post 1.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Flowers Foods Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were paid a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.12%. Flowers Foods's payout ratio is 84.21%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. DA Davidson reduced their price target on shares of Flowers Foods from $24.00 to $21.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Flowers Foods from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Flowers Foods from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, December 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $21.00.

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.