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NYSE:FLO

Flowers Foods - FLO Competitors

$27.31
+0.43 (+1.60%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$26.91
$27.45
50-Day Range
$26.57
$28.61
52-Week Range
$24.15
$30.16
Volume
1.29 million shs
Average Volume
2.40 million shs
Market Capitalization
$5.77 billion
P/E Ratio
25.52
Dividend Yield
3.22%
Price Target
$26.00

FLO vs. HAIN, CPB, CAG, SMPL, NOMD, OTLY, LANC, RH, PPC, and NYT

Should you be buying Flowers Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowers Foods include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Oatly Group (OTLY), Lancaster Colony (LANC), RH (RH), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and New York Times (NYT). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Flowers Foods vs.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. Flowers Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hain Celestial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flowers Foods$4.81 billion1.20$228.39 million$1.0725.52
The Hain Celestial Group$1.89 billion0.78$77.87 million$0.5033.04

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.75% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of 2.45%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 18.77% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flowers Foods 4.75% 18.77% 8.15%
The Hain Celestial Group 2.45% 5.92% 2.66%

Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Flowers Foods currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.80%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus price target of $24.90, suggesting a potential upside of 50.73%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Flowers Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flowers Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
The Hain Celestial Group
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

66.8% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 7 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Flowers Foods and 3 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.64 indicating that The Hain Celestial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Flowers Foods
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Hain Celestial Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

The Hain Celestial Group received 325 more outperform votes than Flowers Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Flowers FoodsOutperform Votes
482
62.27%
Underperform Votes
292
37.73%
The Hain Celestial GroupOutperform Votes
807
69.81%
Underperform Votes
349
30.19%

Summary

Flowers Foods and The Hain Celestial Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FLO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FLO vs. The Competition

MetricFlowers FoodsFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.77B$21.96B$15.54B$14.09B
Dividend Yield3.25%2.87%2.90%3.85%
P/E Ratio25.5239.2019.5720.03
Price / Sales1.2011.809.9310.36
Price / Cash13.8617.9717.9024.57
Price / Book3.992.188.866.79
Net Income$228.39M$627.67M$697.49M$870.19M
7 Day Performance2.36%1.73%-0.05%0.71%
1 Month Performance-3.60%-2.56%-4.75%-7.20%
1 Year Performance9.46%-19.09%-11.45%-15.19%

Flowers Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
2.6155 of 5 stars
$16.15
-1.9%
$24.90
+54.2%
-51.4%$1.44B$1.89B32.303,078Positive News
CPB
Campbell Soup
1.9469 of 5 stars
$53.59
-0.9%
$51.33
-4.2%
+24.4%$16.05B$8.56B19.8514,700Analyst Revision
CAG
Conagra Brands
2.596 of 5 stars
$36.32
-0.3%
$40.73
+12.1%
+13.8%$17.36B$12.04B25.7618,000News Coverage
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.0608 of 5 stars
$37.56
0.0%
$42.00
+11.8%
+2.2%$3.74B$1.17B30.79263News Coverage
Positive News
NOMD
Nomad Foods
2.4753 of 5 stars
$17.79
-0.7%
$23.86
+34.1%
-14.9%$3.10B$3.10B11.867,535
OTLY
Oatly Group
1.8692 of 5 stars
$2.50
-5.3%
$5.70
+128.0%
-54.8%$1.48B$722.24M-3.791,615
LANC
Lancaster Colony
2.3354 of 5 stars
$202.00
0.0%
$140.00
-30.7%
+34.4%$5.57B$1.76B54.593,200Positive News
RH
RH
2.7026 of 5 stars
$247.10
-3.6%
$346.06
+40.0%
-32.4%$5.92B$3.76B9.426,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Report
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
2.5642 of 5 stars
$22.03
-2.9%
$29.00
+31.6%
-8.0%$5.21B$17.47B7.1861,500
NYT
New York Times
2.2631 of 5 stars
$37.73
-2.7%
$37.08
-1.7%
-17.1%$6.21B$2.31B35.935,800
This page (NYSE:FLO) was last updated on 3/24/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff