Del Monte vs Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods reported revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.2 times Del Monte's $4.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Del Monte's revenue grew 1.0% in its latest year, and Flowers Foods' grew 3.0%. Del Monte had an operating margin of 3.2%, against 3.3% at Flowers Foods. Free cash flow was $181 million at Del Monte and $319 million at Flowers Foods. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 26 and January 3), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Del Monte | Flowers Foods | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 26, 2025 | FY2025, Jan 3, 2026 |
| Revenue | $4.3B | $5.3B |
| Revenue growth | 1.0% | 3.0% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow | $181M | $319M |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.2% | 6.1% |
| Return on capital | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.7x | 5.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $87M | $215M |
| Change in diluted share count | 0.2% | −0.0% |
| Last close | $29.10 | $6.14 |
| P/E at the last close | 41.6× | 22.7× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $476,320, sold $3.2 million | bought $42,522, sold $4.0 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 of 9 | 5 of 8 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Del Monte and Flowers Foods pages.