secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FLOWERS FOODS INC (FLO)
CIK:        0001128928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-123683
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017024123683/0000950170-24-123683-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017024123683/flo-20241108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-123683

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