Flowers Foods Overview
Flowers Foods (FLO) has a ROE of 11.78%, below the Consumer Staples sector average of 14.41%.
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Return on Equity measures how efficiently a company uses shareholders' equity to generate profits. A higher ROE indicates better profitability relative to equity.
Flowers Foods's return on equity stands at 11.78%. That is below the Consumer Staples sector average of 14.41%. Stockcircle updates this page with the newest filings so you can track how the metric evolves quarter by quarter.
Flowers Foods sits lower the Consumer Staples benchmark (14.41%) with a ROE of 11.78%. That is roughly 18.3% below the sector mean. Peer context matters because what looks expensive or cheap in absolute terms can be normal for the sector.
A ROE of 11.78% for Flowers Foods means each unit of related capital or sales is generating that return rate. Higher is usually better for profitability metrics, but extremely high figures can reflect one-time items or thin equity bases. Review several years of data on this page before extrapolating.
The history chart shows how Flowers Foods's ROE evolved across reporting periods, while the comparison chart places FLO next to similar companies. Use both: a rising metric that still lags peers tells a different story than a rising metric that already leads the group. Growth charts, when available, highlight acceleration or slowdown.
Yes — within Consumer Staples, ROE is commonly used to spot outliers. Flowers Foods's reading of 11.78% (sector avg 14.41%) is a starting point; confirm whether differences come from growth, margins, accounting choices, or one-time items before treating an outlier as a buy or sell signal.
