Flowers Foods
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, Wonder, Tastykake, Canyon Bakehouse, DKB.
Employees: 10,200
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Funds holding %
of 7,419 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
114% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.75M | Put options by funds: $818K
18% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 53 | Existing positions closed: 45
4.24% more ownership
Funds ownership: 67.91% [Q3] → 72.15% (+4.24%) [Q4]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 379 [Q3] → 384 (+5) [Q4]
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.29B [Q3] → $3.14B (-$156M) [Q4]
11% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 130 | Existing positions reduced: 146
25% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 3 (-1) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$20
12%
upside
Avg. target
$21
15%
upside
High target
$21
18%
upside
2 analyst ratings
0 positive
0%
2 neutral
100%
0 negative
0%
DA Davidson Brian Holland 27% 1-year accuracy 3 / 11 met price target | 18%upside $21 | Neutral Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
Truist Securities Bill Chappell 21% 1-year accuracy 8 / 38 met price target | 12%upside $20 | Hold Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
Dave's Killer Bread Remixes a Classic with the Launch of Sandwich Rolls
Available in Two Varieties, Baked with Organic Ingredients and Loaded with Whole Grain Nutrition MILWAUKIE, Ore. , April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- America's #1 organic bread brand, Dave's Killer Bread®, is expanding its product lineup with the national launch of organic Sandwich Rolls in two fan-favorite varieties: 21 Whole Grains and Seeds and Sandwich Rolls Done Right.
Negative
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
Flowers Foods: Simple Mills May Not Salvage Stagnating Sales
Flowers Foods, Inc.'s sales have increasingly declined, as private label brands are taking share from the company in a cautious consumer environment. Flowers is focused on protecting and expanding margins instead of protecting sales volume, but ultimately, the private label competition pressures Flowers' earnings prospects. The Simple Mills acquisition could aid in refueling Flowers' growth, but the acquisition came at a steep price.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
WONDER EXPANDS ICONIC BRAND WITH NEW LINE OF SWEET TREATS
Over 100-Year-Old Brand Introduces a Deliciously Nostalgic Take on Classic Treats THOMASVILLE, Ga. , March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Wonder®, a household name for over a century, is making a sweet splash in the snack world with the launch of its first line of snack cakes.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
FLOWERS FOODS TO PARTICIPATE AT THE RAYMOND JAMES 46TH ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS CONFERENCE
THOMASVILLE, Ga. , March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) management team will be presenting at the Raymond James 46th Annual Institutional Investors Conference today, Monday, March 3, 2025, at 2:50 p.m.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Flowers Foods Expands Healthy Snacking With Simple Mills Acquisition
FLO's acquisition of Simple Mills strengthens its presence in the better-for-you snacking sector, enhancing growth potential and market reach.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Vestar Completes the Sale of Simple Mills
NEW YORK , Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestar Capital Partners, a leading U.S. middle-market private equity firm, announced today it has completed the sale of Simple Mills (or "the Company"), a premium brand of better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes, to Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) for a total enterprise value of $795 million. Vestar provided the first institutional investment into the brand in October 2019, and was the Company's largest shareholder.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
FLOWERS FOODS, INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF SIMPLE MILLS
THOMASVILLE, Ga. , Feb. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Simple Mills, a market-leading natural brand offering premium better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
2 months ago
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Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
FLOWERS FOODS DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
THOMASVILLE, Ga. , Feb. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share, an increase of 4.3% over the same quarter last year.
Positive
Benzinga
2 months ago
Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Risk Off Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields
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