Flowers Foods (FLO) News Today

Principal Financial Group Inc. lessened its stake in Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 11.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 639,506 shares of the company's stock after selling 83,542 shares

Cooke & Bieler LP increased its holdings in Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 73.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 5,301,518 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 2,239,592 shares during the period. Cooke

Bank of New York Mellon Corp trimmed its position in shares of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 1.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,514,033 shares of the company's stock after selling 28,9

StockNews.com upgraded shares of Flowers Foods from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday.

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its stake in Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 1.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,147,242 shares of the com

AMG National Trust Bank bought a new position in shares of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 32,028 shares of the company's stock,

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 6th will be paid a dividend of 0.24 per share on Friday, September 20th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.21%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 6th.

Flowers Foods' quarterly results hide the successes of its bread products as the company positions itself to benefit from regional expansion.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 267.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 204,371 shares of the company's stock after pu

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO - Get Free Report) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.24 billion. Flowers Foods had a return on equity of 18.35% and a net margin of 2.45%. The company's quarterly revenue was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.33 earnings per share.

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,310,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the July 15th total of 2,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,280,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Get Free Report) has been given an average recommendation of "Reduce" by the four research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a hold rating to the

SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 72,939 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,619,000. Other ins

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) will be releasing earnings before the market opens on Friday, August 16, Zacks reports. (Register for Conference Call at http://mmm.wallstreethorizon.com/u.asp?u=616936)

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale lowered its stake in shares of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 23.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 81,209 shares of the co

SG Capital Management LLC trimmed its position in Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO - Free Report) by 85.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 25,434 shares of the company's stock after selling 145,924 shar