---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-015852"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:49:42.920504+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods Q4 net income +20.9%, adj EPS $0.22; FY2025 guidance includes Simple Mills dilution

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.111B (-1.6% YoY); net income $43.1M (+20.9%); diluted EPS $0.20 vs $0.17.
- Full year net sales $5.103B (+0.2%); net income $248.1M (+101%); adjusted EBITDA $538.5M (+7.3%).
- FY2025 guidance: adj diluted EPS $1.11-$1.24; ex-Simple Mills $1.18-$1.28; Simple Mills adds $223-230M sales but dilutive to EPS.
- Entered $500M revolver due Feb 2030, replacing prior $500M facility; no borrowings outstanding upon termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-015852
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017025015852/0000950170-25-015852-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017025015852/flo-20250205.htm

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