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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Flowers Foods (FLO)

Flowers Foods posts Q4 net loss on $136.0M impairment; 2026 outlook below 2025

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Flowers Foods reported fourth-quarter net sales up 11.0% to $1.233 billion, helped by an extra week and the Simple Mills acquisition, but swung to a net loss of $67.1 million due to a $136.0 million non-cash impairment of intangible assets. For fiscal 2026, the company expects net sales of $5.163 billion to $5.267 billion and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.80 to $0.90, which it says will be below 2025 levels, and it is conducting a comprehensive review of operations.

Key points

  • Q4 net sales rose 11.0% to $1.233 billion; diluted EPS was a loss of $0.32 versus earnings of $0.20 a year earlier
  • Q4 adjusted diluted EPS was $0.22, flat with the prior year period; full-year 2025 adjusted diluted EPS fell $0.19 to $1.09
  • 2026 guidance: adjusted EBITDA of approximately $465 million to $495 million, versus $535.2 million in 2025
  • Management will host a live question and answer webcast at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on February 13, 2026

The filing

CompanyFlowers Foods (FLO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 12, 2026, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-048756

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 6:57 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 12, 2026.

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