Flowers Foods Stock Forecast, Price & News

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. 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 Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 12th. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 5.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.93%.
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Flowers Foods' stock was trading at $21.88 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FLO shares have increased by 5.7% and is now trading at $23.12.
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Flowers Foods declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 20th. Investors of record on Friday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, September 17th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 2nd.
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Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.64%. 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 64.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Flowers Foods will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.59% next year. This indicates that Flowers Foods will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Flowers Foods updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.170-$1.220 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.150. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.26 billion-$4.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.25 billion.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Flowers Foods' shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Flowers Foods' stock price to reach $23.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Kellogg (K), Conagra Brands (CAG), The J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell Soup (CPB), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Seaboard (SEB), Lancaster Colony (LANC) and Sanderson Farms (SAFM).
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Flowers Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FLO."

Flowers Foods' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (9.74%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.98%), BlackRock Inc. (8.81%), Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC (3.10%), State Street Corp (2.45%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.38%). 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 Squarepoint Ops LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, and Man Group plc.
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FLO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, OLD Republic International Corp, State Street Corp, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, and First Trust Advisors LP.
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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 $23.12.

Flowers Foods has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion and generates $4.39 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $152.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.31 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.