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How Flowers Foods, Inc. stacks up
FLO · against 234 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
24/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #187 of 235 · scores higher than 20% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score30 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including FLO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 24?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 2.7% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 75% of peers. Return on assets: 1.3% vs peer median 4.0%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 68% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.8% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FLO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FLO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 217 reported | 3.8% | 7.5% | 30% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 233 reported | 2.7% | 7.9% | 20% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 221 reported | 1.3% | 3.8% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 218 reported | 4.0% | 7.7% | 27% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 236 reported | 48.6% | 30.6% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FLO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 184 | 712M EUR (≈$784M) | 25 | 41 | |
| 184 | 1.2B USD | 25 | 38 | |
| 184 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 25 | 60 | |
| 187 | 1.4B USD | 24 | 22 | |
| 187 | 1.4B USD | 24 | 33 | |
| 189 | 6.1B CNY (≈$850M) | 23 | 28 | |
| 189 | 6.5B CNY (≈$914M) | 23 | 49 | |
| 189 | 2.3B EUR (≈$2.5B) | 23 | 33 | |
| 189 | 2.7B USD | 23 | 42 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score