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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-269692"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T23:21:52.229537+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods Q3 net income down 39.2%; narrows FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $1.227B, up 3.0% YoY, driven by Simple Mills acquisition (+5.9%).
- Diluted EPS $0.19 vs $0.31; adjusted diluted EPS $0.23 vs $0.33.
- Adjusted EBITDA $118.1M, down 11.4%; margin 9.6% vs 11.2%.
- Simple Mills contributed $70.7M in sales but net loss of $2.0M.
- FY2025 adjusted diluted EPS guidance narrowed to $1.02-$1.08; capex reduced to $120-$130M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-269692
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312525269692/0001193125-25-269692-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312525269692/flo-20251106.htm

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