Del Monte vs Flowers Foods
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The short version
- Flowers Foods is the larger business, with $5.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.3B for Del Monte.
- Flowers Foods grew revenue faster (3.0%, against 1.0%).
- Flowers Foods turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.1% FCF margin, against 4.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Del Monte’s earnings: a P/E of 42.2x against 22.8x for Flowers Foods.
| Latest fiscal year | DMC · FY25 | FLO · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Revenue | $4.3B | $5.3B |
| Free cash flow | $181M | $319M |
| Net income | $90.7M | $83.8M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.0% | 3.0% |
| 5-year growth | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Share count change | 0.2% | −0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 9.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 6.1% |
| Return on capital | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 6.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $142M | $1.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7x | 5.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $87.2M | $215M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 42.2x | 22.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 5 |
Revenue
FY16
DMC $4.0B
FLO $3.9B
FY17
DMC $4.1B
FLO $3.9B
FY18
DMC $4.5B
FLO $4.0B
FY19
DMC $4.5B
FLO $4.1B
FY20
DMC $4.2B
FLO $4.4B
FY21
DMC $4.3B
FLO $4.3B
FY22
DMC $4.4B
FLO $4.8B
FY23
DMC $4.3B
FLO $5.1B
FY24
DMC $4.3B
FLO $5.1B
FY25
DMC $4.3B
FLO $5.3B
DMC
FLO
Operating margin
FY16
DMC 6.1%
FLO 6.8%
FY17
DMC 3.7%
FLO 4.1%
FY18
DMC 0.9%
FLO 5.4%
FY19
DMC 2.5%
FLO 5.5%
FY20
DMC 1.8%
FLO 7.3%
FY21
DMC 2.6%
FLO 6.8%
FY22
DMC 3.5%
FLO 6.3%
FY23
DMC 1.4%
FLO 3.4%
FY24
DMC 4.6%
FLO 6.8%
FY25
DMC 3.2%
FLO 3.3%
DMC
FLO
Free cash flow
FY16
DMC $198M
FLO $255M
FY17
DMC $55.7M
FLO $222M
FY18
DMC $96.1M
FLO $196M
FY19
DMC $46.8M
FLO $263M
FY20
DMC $30.6M
FLO $357M
FY21
DMC $30.0M
FLO $209M
FY22
DMC $13.7M
FLO $192M
FY23
DMC $120M
FLO $220M
FY24
DMC $131M
FLO $281M
FY25
DMC $181M
FLO $319M
DMC
FLO
Return on capital
FY16
DMC 11.4%
FLO 8.9%
FY17
DMC 6.0%
FLO 7.9%
FY18
DMC 0.8%
FLO 7.9%
FY19
DMC 3.7%
FLO 8.0%
FY20
DMC 3.0%
FLO 11.7%
FY21
DMC 4.7%
FLO 10.8%
FY22
DMC 5.4%
FLO 10.8%
FY23
DMC 1.2%
FLO 6.0%
FY24
DMC 7.2%
FLO 10.9%
FY25
DMC 4.5%
FLO 4.6%
DMC
FLO
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.