NYSE:FLO - Flowers Foods Stock Price, Forecast & News

Flowers Foods' stock was trading at $21.88 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FLO shares have decreased by 10.7% and is now trading at $19.54. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Flowers Foods in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Flowers Foods.

Flowers Foods is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 20th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Flowers Foods.

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $917.76 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $910.28 million. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 3.99% and a return on equity of 16.03%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.16 earnings per share. View Flowers Foods' earnings history.

Flowers Foods declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Flowers Foods' dividend history.

Flowers Foods issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.00 to $1.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.02. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.206 billion to $4.289 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.20 billion.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Flowers Foods' shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Flowers Foods' share price to reach $21.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Flowers Foods.

Media headlines about FLO stock have been trending extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Flowers Foods earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutFlowers Foods.

Flowers Foods saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 11,663,900 shares, a drop of 8.4% from the February 27th total of 12,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.6 days. Approximately 6.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Flowers Foods' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Flowers Foods include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Hormel Foods (HRL), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellogg (K), MCCORMICK & CO /SH (MKC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J M Smucker (SJM), Post (POST), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Seaboard (SEB) and Sanderson Farms (SAFM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Flowers Foods investors own include JinkoSolar (JKS), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), The Coca-Cola (KO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Walmart (WMT), General Electric (GE), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Pfizer (PFE).

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 shareholders include Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC (3.11%), State Street Corp (2.24%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.65%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.60%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.55%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.53%). Company insiders that own Flowers Foods stock include David V Singer and Debo Mukherjee. View institutional ownership trends for Flowers Foods.

FLO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maverick Capital Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Guggenheim Capital LLC, and Bank of America Corp DE. View insider buying and selling activity for Flowers Foods.

FLO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, AJO LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Summit Global Investments, Man Group plc, and OLD Republic International Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Flowers Foods.

Shares of FLO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FLO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.54.

Flowers Foods has a market capitalization of $4.13 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. View additional information about Flowers Foods.

The official website for Flowers Foods is http://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.