secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FLOWERS FOODS INC (FLO)
CIK:        0001128928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-21-327216
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Flowers Foods Q3 sales up 3.9% to $1.028B; raises FY2021 guidance
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- Net income $38.9M (-12.4% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.30 (+$0.01 YoY).
- Branded retail sales up 4.8% to $689.1M; non-retail sales up 9.2%.
- FY2021 sales guidance raised to $4.300B–$4.344B; EPS to $1.22–$1.26.
- Adjusted EBITDA $118.5M (11.5% of sales); D&A $31.7M.
- YTD operating cash flow $315.2M; dividends paid $131.5M; share repurchases continue.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312521327216/0001193125-21-327216-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312521327216/d427369d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-327216

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