Flowers Foods Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street 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 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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Flowers Foods is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 12th 2021.
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Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 12th. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.04. The business earned $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $998.05 million. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 2.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.41%.
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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 (WHO). Since then, FLO shares have increased by 11.9% and is now trading at $24.48.
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Flowers Foods declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 5th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 19th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 4th.
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Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.31%. Flowers Foods has been increasing its dividend for 7 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 issued an update on its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.07-1.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.14. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.212-4.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.27 billion.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Flowers Foods' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Flowers Foods' share price to reach $24.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%.
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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.

Some companies that are related to Flowers Foods include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), The Hershey (HSY), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellogg (K), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), The J. M. Smucker (SJM), Post (POST), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Seaboard (SEB) and The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Flowers Foods investors own include JinkoSolar (JKS), The Procter & Gamble (PG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), The Coca-Cola (KO), Pfizer (PFE), General Mills (GIS), Altria Group (MO) and Walmart (WMT).

Flowers Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FLO."

Flowers Foods' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Thomasville National Bank (0.36%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.12%), Signature Wealth Management Group (0.06%), Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., and Pacer Advisors Inc..
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FLO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank, Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Signature Wealth Management Group, and Retirement Systems of Alabama.
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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.
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One share of FLO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.48.

Flowers Foods has a market capitalization of $5.18 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 9,200 workers across the globe.

Flowers Foods was founded in 1919.

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

Flowers Foods is headquartered at 1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA, 31757.

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