StockNews.com upgraded shares of Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO – Free Report) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report released on Monday.
Flowers Foods Price Performance
Flowers Foods stock opened at $21.58 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $22.81 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.98. Flowers Foods has a 12 month low of $20.50 and a 12 month high of $26.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.54 billion, a PE ratio of 18.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.16 and a beta of 0.36.
Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 8th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.20 billion. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 2.51% and a return on equity of 18.97%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.29 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Flowers Foods will post 1.25 earnings per share for the current year.
Flowers Foods Announces Dividend
Institutional Trading of Flowers Foods
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FLO. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. grew its stake in Flowers Foods by 239.6% in the 3rd quarter. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. now owns 165,939 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,828,000 after acquiring an additional 117,079 shares during the last quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Flowers Foods during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $205,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Flowers Foods by 202.4% in the 3rd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $142,000 after buying an additional 4,123 shares in the last quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC increased its position in Flowers Foods by 4.8% during the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 87,043 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,008,000 after buying an additional 3,951 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quest Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Flowers Foods by 329,400.0% in the third quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 3,295 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after acquiring an additional 3,294 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.45% of the company’s stock.
About Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods, Inc produces and markets packaged bakery food products in the United States. Its principal products include fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs.
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