Flowers FoodsFLO
FLO
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 7,398 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings 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
3.94% more ownership
Funds ownership: 68.23% [Q3] → 72.18% (+3.94%) [Q4]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 379 [Q3] → 384 (+5) [Q4]
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.31B [Q3] → $3.14B (-$169M) [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
5%
upside
Avg. target
$21
8%
upside
High target
$21
11%
upside
2 analyst ratings
0 positive
0%
2 neutral
100%
0 negative
0%
DA Davidson Brian Holland 20% 1-year accuracy 2 / 10 met price target | 11%upside $21 | Neutral Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
Truist Securities Bill Chappell 29% 1-year accuracy 8 / 28 met price target | 5%upside $20 | Hold Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Negative
Seeking Alpha
14 hours 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
2 weeks 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
1 month 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
1 month ago
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Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month 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
1 month ago
Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Risk Off Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields
During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
FLOWERS FOODS, INC. PRICES $500 MILLION OF 5.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2035 AND $300 MILLION OF 6.200% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2055
THOMASVILLE, Ga. , Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) (the "Company" or "Flowers Foods") today announced the pricing of the public offering of (i) $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2035 (the "2035 Notes") and (ii) $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.200% Senior Notes due 2055 (the "2055 Notes" and, together with the 2035 Notes, the "Notes").
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