Flowers Foods Stock Forecast, Price & News

Flowers Foods' stock was trading at $21.88 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FLO shares have increased by 4.9% and is now trading at $22.95.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Flowers Foods in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Flowers Foods stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FLO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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18 employees have rated Flowers Foods CEO Ryals McMullian on Glassdoor.com. Ryals McMullian has an approval rating of 76% among Flowers Foods' employees.

Flowers Foods is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021.
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Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 12th. The company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.03. The firm earned $989.65 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $975.39 million. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 2.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.41%. The company's revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.22 earnings per share.
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Flowers Foods declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 16th. Investors of record on Friday, November 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, December 11th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 25th.
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Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.57%. Flowers Foods has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Flowers Foods is 83.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Flowers Foods will have a dividend payout ratio of 69.57% next year. This indicates that Flowers Foods will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Flowers Foods updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.23-1.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.35-4.37 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.32 billion.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Flowers Foods' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Flowers Foods' stock price to reach $24.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Flowers Foods include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), The Hershey (HSY), Hormel Foods (HRL), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellogg (K), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), The J. M. Smucker (SJM), Post (POST), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) and Seaboard (SEB).
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Flowers Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FLO."

Flowers Foods' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.90%), Thomasville National Bank (0.35%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), Signature Wealth Management Group (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.05%) and Trinity Legacy Partners LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Flowers Foods stock include David V Singer and Debo Mukherjee.
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FLO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Procyon Private Wealth Partners LLC, and Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc..
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FLO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cypress Wealth Services LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC, Signature Wealth Management Group, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Thomasville National Bank, and Pflug Koory LLC.
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Shares of FLO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FLO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.95.

Flowers Foods has a market capitalization of $4.86 billion and generates $4.12 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $164.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.96 on an earnings per share basis. Flowers Foods employs 9,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for Flowers Foods is www.flowersfoods.com.

Flowers Foods' mailing address is 1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA, 31757. The company can be reached via phone at 229-226-9110.