Flowers Foods (FLO) Competitors

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is CAG or FLO a better dividend stock?

Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Conagra Brands pays out 205.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flowers Foods pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flowers Foods has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAG or FLO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conagra Brands	$11.74B	1.04	$347.20M	$0.68	37.61
Flowers Foods	$5.10B	0.76	$248.12M	$1.17	15.68

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAG or FLO?

83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CAG or FLO more profitable?

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.86% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.13%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 19.48% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conagra Brands	4.13%	13.76%	5.70%
Flowers Foods	4.86%	19.48%	7.94%

Do analysts rate CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands currently has a consensus target price of $27.90, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Flowers Foods has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.50%. Given Flowers Foods' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flowers Foods is more favorable than Conagra Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conagra Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Flowers Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands received 98 more outperform votes than Flowers Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 597 58.02%	Underperform Votes 432 41.98%
Flowers Foods	Outperform Votes 499 61.68%	Underperform Votes 310 38.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CAG or FLO?

In the previous week, Conagra Brands had 16 more articles in the media than Flowers Foods. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Conagra Brands and 10 mentions for Flowers Foods. Flowers Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Conagra Brands' score of 1.23 indicating that Flowers Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conagra Brands	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flowers Foods	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Conagra Brands and Flowers Foods tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.