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Flowers Foods (STU:FWF) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 4.80% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Flowers Foods 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Flowers Foods's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €0.21.

The historical rank and industry rank for Flowers Foods's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

STU:FWF' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.8   Med: 11.4   Max: 153.5
Current: 4.8

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Flowers Foods was 153.50% per year. The lowest was 4.80% per year. And the median was 11.40% per year.

STU:FWF's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
59.61% of 666 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 7.7 vs STU:FWF: 4.80

During the past 12 months, Flowers Foods's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Flowers Foods's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.15. As of today, Flowers Foods's Dividend Yield % is 3.65%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Flowers Foods Inc is 1.43, which seems too high.

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Competitive Comparison of Flowers Foods's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Flowers Foods's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Flowers Foods's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Flowers Foods's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Flowers Foods's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Flowers Foods 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Flowers Foods  (STU:FWF) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Flowers Foods's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.211/ 0.183
=1.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Flowers Foods was 1.44. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 0.74.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Flowers Foods Inc is 1.43, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Flowers Foods Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2300002024-02-292024-03-012024-03-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.927000
USD 0.2300002023-11-302023-12-012023-12-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.924000
USD 0.2300002023-08-312023-09-012023-09-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.917000
USD 0.2300002023-06-072023-06-082023-06-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.923000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Flowers Foods's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.84893/23.60
=3.60 %

Current Share Price is €23.60.
Flowers Foods's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €0.84893.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Flowers Foods was 4.38%. The lowest was 1.61%. And the median was 3.24%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Flowers Foods (STU:FWF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, GA, USA, 31757
Flowers Foods Inc is an American company producing bakery food for retail and foodservice across the United States. The product portfolio includes fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas. The company distributes to supermarkets, convenience stores, and restaurants. The key brands are Nature's Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Bread, Wonder, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake.

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