Flowers Foods Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Flowers Foods in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating 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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1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Flowers Foods' shares. Their FLO stock forecasts range from $26.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Flowers Foods' stock price to reach $28.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price.
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Flowers Foods' stock was trading at $27.47 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, FLO shares have decreased by 4.3% and is now trading at $26.28.
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Flowers Foods is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 11th 2022.
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Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 19th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. Flowers Foods had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.97% and a net margin of 4.93%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.41 earnings per share.
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Flowers Foods declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, June 23rd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 8th. This is a positive change from Flowers Foods's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Flowers Foods(NYSE:FLO) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.35%. Flowers Foods has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Flowers Foods is 86.28%. 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 67.18% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.20-$1.30 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.28. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.76 billion-$4.85 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.66 billion.

18 employees have rated Flowers Foods CEO Ryals McMullian on Glassdoor.com. Ryals McMullian has an approval rating of 76% among Flowers Foods' employees.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Flowers Foods investors own include JinkoSolar (JKS), Procter & Gamble (PG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.05%), BlackRock Inc. (8.67%), Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC (6.70%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.83%), State Street Corp (2.64%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.83%). Company insiders that own Flowers Foods stock include David V Singer, Debo Mukherjee, Heeth Iv Varnedoe and Ryals Mcmullian.
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FLO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Shields & Co. LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Invesco Ltd., and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Flowers Foods company stock in the last two years include Heeth Iv Varnedoe, and Ryals Mcmullian.
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FLO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Brown Advisory Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., State Street Corp, and Lazard Asset Management 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.
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One share of FLO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.28.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) has a market capitalization of $5.57 billion and generates $4.33 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $206.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.019990 on an earnings per share basis.

Flowers Foods employs 8,900 workers across the globe.

Flowers Foods was founded in 1919.

Flowers Foods' mailing address is 1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA, 31757. The official website for Flowers Foods is www.flowersfoods.com. The company can be reached via phone at (229) 226-9110 or via fax at 229-225-3816.