Why is Flowers Foods, Inc. ?
1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 3.66% and Operating profit at 3.34% over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Apr 25
- INTEREST(Q) Highest at USD 19.84 MM
4
With ROCE of 11.63%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.73 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -50.84%, its profits have fallen by -9.4%
- At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 535.5
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Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -50.84% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Flowers Foods, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in FMCG)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Flowers Foods, Inc. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Flowers Foods, Inc.
-52.43%
-1.97
25.94%
S&P 500
13.22%
0.64
20.20%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
3.66%
EBIT Growth (5y)
3.34%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
10.18
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.14
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.32
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.92
Tax Ratio
24.99%
Dividend Payout Ratio
81.22%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
81.85%
ROCE (avg)
14.71%
ROE (avg)
19.15%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.70
EV to EBIT
14.89
EV to EBITDA
10.49
EV to Capital Employed
1.73
EV to Sales
1.12
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
535.52%
ROCE (Latest)
11.63%
ROE (Latest)
18.70%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
Technical Movement
1What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -0.75% (YoY
-3What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(Q)
Highest at USD 19.84 MM
Here's what is working for Flowers Foods, Inc.
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -0.75% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Depreciation
Highest at USD 49.27 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (USD MM)
Depreciation
At USD 49.27 MM has Grown at 33.82%
period on period (QoQ)MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales
Depreciation (USD MM)
Here's what is not working for Flowers Foods, Inc.
Interest
At USD 19.84 MM has Grown at 140.56%
period on period (QoQ)MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings
Interest Paid (USD MM)
Interest
Highest at USD 19.84 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 140.56% (QoQ)MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings
Interest Paid (USD MM)
Non Operating Income
Highest at USD 0.08 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable
Non Operating income






