FLO
Flowers Foods Inc
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12.60 
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Volume:  
2,640,170.00
United States | Food Products
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FLO WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) is 5.9%.

The Cost of Equity of Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) is 6.85%.
The Cost of Debt of Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) is 4.30%.

Range Selected
Cost of equity 5.80% - 7.90% 6.85%
Tax rate 23.70% - 24.00% 23.85%
Cost of debt 4.00% - 4.60% 4.30%
WACC 5.0% - 6.7% 5.9%
WACC

FLO WACC calculation

Category Low High
Long-term bond rate 3.9% 4.4%
Equity market risk premium 4.6% 5.6%
Adjusted beta 0.42 0.55
Additional risk adjustments 0.0% 0.5%
Cost of equity 5.80% 7.90%
Tax rate 23.70% 24.00%
Debt/Equity ratio 0.39 0.39
Cost of debt 4.00% 4.60%
After-tax WACC 5.0% 6.7%
Selected WACC 5.9%

FLO's CAPM model and how its cost of Equity is calculated

The Cost of Equity reflects the return a company needs to deliver to shareholders to justify the risk of investing in its shares. It’s computed using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which blends the risk-free rate, the stock’s beta, and the market risk premium.

This method evaluates the stock’s risk compared to a safe investment and the market’s overall volatility.

Here’s how we figure out the cost of equity for FLO:

cost_of_equity (6.85%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (0.42) + risk_adjustments (0.25%)

We include the risk adjustments, which range from 0% to 1%, to keep our WACC conservatives, especially for companies traded in developing markets.