Flowers Foods (FLO)

• Market cap: $4.31B
• 1 day: -0.87%
• 5 days: -3.17%
• 1 month: -7.47%
• 3 months: -12.76%
• 6 months: -8.75%
• Year to date: -11.01%
• 1 year: -7.51%
• 5 years: -7.38%
• 10 years: 5.58%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food & Kindred Products

About: Flowers Foods Inc is an American company producing bakery food for retail and foodservice across the United States. The product portfolio includes fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas. The company distributes to supermarkets, convenience stores, and restaurants. The key brands are Nature's Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Bread, Wonder, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake.

Employees: 9,300

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

55% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.28M | Put options by funds: $2.12M

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q2] → 4 (+1) [Q3]

17% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 146 | Existing positions reduced: 125

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.17B [Q2] → $3.29B (+$121M) [Q3]

0.21% more ownership

Funds ownership: 67.69% [Q2] → 67.9% (+0.21%) [Q3]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 381 [Q2] → 376 (-5) [Q3]

11% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 41 | Existing positions closed: 46