1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.'s reported numbers place it in the 'Watch' financial-health band (distress score 39/100). The main indicators are cash runway under 12 months, losses in each of the last 3 years and operating-margin collapse. In its favour: high insider/promoter ownership (44%) aligns management with survival.
Stress by dimension
Share price — last 12 months
Indicators behind the score
Each red flag shows the evidence from the company’s own filings and the financial or legal principle behind it. Points add to the 0–100 score.
At the current free-cash-flow burn, cash covers ~9 months.
Going-concern standard: management must assess ability to continue for 12 months (ASC 205-40). Runway below that horizon forces dilution, asset sales or default.
Net income negative in 3 of 3 fiscal years.
Persistent losses erode equity and the capacity to absorb shocks.
Operating margin fell from -2% to -12% in two years.
Sharp margin compression signals loss of pricing power or cost control.
Revenue declined every year for three years.
Structural, not cyclical, decline.
0 severe and 1 moderate distress-related headlines in the last 6 months.
Headlines are corroborating evidence only; they are weighted lightly and never drive a flag alone.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- High insider/promoter ownership (44%) aligns management with survival.
📰 Recent news scan
- restructurFLWS Q2 Deep Dive: Strategic Restructuring Amid Revenue Headwinds and Margin PressureYahoo Finance · 2026-09-11
- 1-800-FLOWERS (FLWS): Buy, Sell, or Hold Post Q2 Earnings?Yahoo Finance · 2026-10-08
- 1-800-Flowers to sell PersonalizationMall.com, Things RememberedYahoo Finance · 2026-09-30
- Why 1-800-FLOWERS (FLWS) Stock Is Trading Lower TodayYahoo Finance · 2026-09-11
- 1-800-Flowers.com posts wider fourth-quarter loss, issues weak profit forecast for fiscal 2027Yahoo Finance · 2026-09-10
- 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Reports Revenue Decline as Company Evaluates Capital Raising OptionsYahoo Finance · 2026-09-10
⚖️ U.S. legal pathway — Title 11, U.S. Code
Which chapter would apply?
- Chapter 11 — reorganisation. Management usually stays in control as debtor-in-possession; the automatic stay (§362) halts collection; a plan must meet the best-interests test (§1129(a)(7)) and the absolute priority rule (§1129(b)) — creditors are paid before shareholders, who are frequently wiped out.
- Chapter 7 — liquidation. A trustee sells assets and distributes proceeds by statutory priority (§§507, 726).
- Subchapter V (“Chapter 5”) is a fast track for small-business debtors under a statutory debt cap, but SEC-reporting companies are excluded (§101(51D)) — so it rarely applies to listed companies.
What typically triggers a filing
- Payment default or covenant breach lenders will not waive; a debt maturity that cannot be refinanced.
- Auditor going-concern doubt (ASC 205-40 / PCAOB AS 2415) — often itself a default trigger in loan agreements.
- Creditors can force a case with an involuntary petition (§303) if debts are not paid as they come due.
- Delisting after sustained sub-$1 prices or equity deficits cuts off equity funding.
Transactions shortly before filing can be clawed back (preferences — 90 days, §547; fraudulent transfers — 2 years, §548).
Frequently asked questions
What do 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.'s financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.'s public financial data places it in the 'Watch' band with a distress score of 39/100, driven by cash runway under 12 months, losses in each of the last 3 years and operating-margin collapse. This is a statistical screen of reported numbers — it does not mean the company is insolvent, has defaulted or will enter insolvency proceedings.
What is 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.'s financial distress score?
39/100 ('Watch').
What works in 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.'s favour?
High insider/promoter ownership (44%) aligns management with survival.
How are shareholders treated if a company enters insolvency?
In a Chapter 11 reorganisation the absolute priority rule pays secured lenders, then unsecured creditors, before shareholders — so existing shares are usually cancelled or heavily diluted. In Chapter 7 the company is liquidated and shareholders rarely recover anything.
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Methodology
Score = capped sum of rule-based red flags across seven dimensions (liquidity, solvency, profitability, cash flow, sales trend, market signal, news). Ohlson O-score (1980) gives an accounting-based 1-year failure probability; Merton distance-to-default (Bharath & Shumway 2008) gives a market-implied probability. Financial institutions use a capital-based rule set. Recalculated every trading day from the latest filings, prices and news.