Flowers Foods Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Flowers Foods in the last year. 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Flowers Foods' stock. Their FLO stock forecasts range from $26.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Flowers Foods' share price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% 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 stock has decreased by 2.9% and is now trading at $26.68.
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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) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 19th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.05. The firm earned $1.44 billion during 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.41 earnings per share.
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Flowers Foods announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 9th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, June 23rd. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 8th. This is an increase 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 3.34%. 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 earnings per share (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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Flowers Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FLO."

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 $26.68.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) has a market capitalization of $5.66 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.