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

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

Flowers Foods announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Flowers Foods' Dividend History.

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.01. The company earned $917.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 period last year, the company earned $0.16 EPS. View Flowers Foods' Earnings History.

Flowers Foods is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Flowers Foods.

Flowers Foods updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided EPS 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 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Flowers Foods' shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Flowers Foods' stock price to reach $21.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Flowers Foods.

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.

Media stories about FLO stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Flowers Foods earned a media sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Flowers Foods.

Flowers Foods saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 10,820,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the January 30th total of 9,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.8 days. Currently, 5.6% 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), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Kellogg (K), MCCORMICK & CO /SH (MKC), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), J M Smucker (SJM), Post (POST), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Seaboard (SEB), Lancaster Colony (LANC) and J & J Snack Foods (JJSF).

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), Procter & Gamble (PG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and General Electric (GE).

Flowers Foods' stock is owned by a number of 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 M Roach 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., Mackay Shields LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Flowers Foods.

FLO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AJO LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Summit Global Investments, Man Group plc, OLD Republic International Corp and Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $21.23.

Flowers Foods has a market capitalization of $4.49 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.