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FLOWERS FOODS INC

FLONYSECompleted

Spin-offSpun off from Flowers Industries

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Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Food and Kindred Products
Exchange
NYSE
State of incorporation
GA
Record date
Distribution date
Ratio
Parent sector
Bakery Products
Form
10-12B/A
Filed
February 9, 2001

Financials — parent vs spin-off

SEC XBRL · latest year
Flowers Industries

No XBRL financials available.

FLOWERS FOODS INCFY26
Revenue
$5.26B
Operating income
$174M
Net income
$84M
Total assets
$4.18B
Equity
$1.30B

Latest reported figures from each company's own SEC filings — the parent after the separation and the spin-off as a standalone. Full multi-year history on each company hub.

Spin-off signals

score 0/6 favorable · factors, not advice
  • Focus-increasingNo — both Consumer Staples

    Spin-offs into a different sector than the parent (pure-plays) have historically outperformed diversifying ones.

  • Return on capital employed5.4%

    EBIT ÷ capital employed — the quality metric the spin-off scorecard research weighs most.

  • Operating margin3.3%

    Profitability of the standalone business, from its own SEC filings.

  • Tax-basis reportNone found

    A Form 8937 (basis allocation) accompanies tax-free §355 spin-offs — favorable for taxable holders.

  • Insider buying (post-spin)None recorded

    Officers/directors buying their own newly independent shares (Form 4) has historically preceded outperformance.

  • Time since spin-off25.3 years

    Studies find the spin-off return premium concentrates in roughly the first one to three years.

Factors the spin-off research literature (Greenblatt; Cusatis-Miles-Woolridge; Desai-Jain) associates with outcomes — computed from this company's own SEC filings, shown as factors, not a recommendation. The premium is debated and not guaranteed. How we compute these ↗

Filings & documents

Every entry traces to SEC EDGAR. The Information Statement is the primary source; the links below open the full filing and each company's complete filing history.