---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-123683"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T02:42:27.056657+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods Q3 adj. EPS $0.33 vs $0.29; narrows FY guidance higher

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1.191B (-0.7%); net income $65.0M vs loss of $46.7M LY; adj. EPS $0.33 vs $0.29.
- Adj. EBITDA $133.3M (+10.0%), margin 11.2% (+110bps); legal settlements dropped to $0.8M from $137.5M.
- FY2024 guidance narrowed: adj. EPS $1.24-$1.28 (prior $1.20-$1.30), adj. EBITDA $530M-$542M (prior $524M-$553M).
- Branded retail sales -1.5% to $760.6M; non-retail pricing/mix +4.9% offset volume declines; capex guided $130M-$140M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-123683
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017024123683/0000950170-24-123683-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017024123683/flo-20241108.htm

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