What is Flowers Foods's interest expense?

Flowers Foods (FLO) reported interest expense of $24.66M in Q1 2026.

How has Flowers Foods's interest expense changed year-over-year?

Flowers Foods's interest expense increased by 25.3% year-over-year, from $19.67M to $24.66M.

What is the long-term trend for Flowers Foods's interest expense?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Flowers Foods's interest expense has grown at a 24.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $31.53M to $76.66M.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

Flowers Foods FLO Interest Expense

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+1.1%

Gross profit$776.2M0.0%

Operating income$79.8M-6.3%

Net income$42.1M-20.6%

EPS (diluted)$0.20-20.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$11.5M+56.9%

Total debt$2.0B-3.8%

Total equity$1.3B-8.0%

Total assets$4.2B-3.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$107.9M-20.5%

CapEx$20.6M-19.3%

Free cash flow$87.2M-20.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.62B-49.5%

Profitability

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Gross margin48.7%-0.9pp

Operating margin6%-0.6pp

Net margin3.8%-0.9pp

FCF margin8.3%+2.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.7%-3.6pp

Debt / equity1.6×+0.1×

Current ratio0.8×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Flowers Foods in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpense.

The official record: Flowers Foods’s 10-Q, filed May 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Flowers Foods's interest expense?: Flowers Foods (FLO) reported interest expense of $24.66M in Q1 2026.
How has Flowers Foods's interest expense changed year-over-year?: Flowers Foods's interest expense increased by 25.3% year-over-year, from $19.67M to $24.66M.
What is the long-term trend for Flowers Foods's interest expense?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Flowers Foods's interest expense has grown at a 24.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $31.53M to $76.66M.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.