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Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) closed the day trading at $21.49 up 0.19% from the previous closing price of $21.45. In other words, the price has increased by $0.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.91 million shares were traded. FLO stock price reached its highest trading level at $21.61 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.37.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FLO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 286.81 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.95. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.68 and its Current Ratio is at 1.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.99 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.94.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Exane BNP Paribas on July 10, 2024, initiated with a Underperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $20.
On March 01, 2024, DA Davidson started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $24.
Deutsche Bank Upgraded its Sell to Hold on March 03, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $27.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 02 ’24 when Casey Edward J. Jr. bought 5,000 shares for $23.55 per share. The transaction valued at 117,750 led to the insider holds 20,330 shares of the business.
THOMAS TERRY S sold 36,577 shares of FLO for $845,162 on Mar 11 ’24. The Chief Growth Officer now owns 42,740 shares after completing the transaction at $23.11 per share. On Dec 20 ’23, another insider, KINSEY R STEVE, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer & CAO of the company, bought 1,780 shares for $22.46 each. As a result, the insider paid 39,982 and bolstered with 399,520 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FLO now has a Market Capitalization of 4537441280 and an Enterprise Value of 5498405376. As of this moment, Flowers’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 36.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.66. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 11.51. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.88 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.30. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.071 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.11.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FLO is 0.35, which has changed by -0.113269925 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23279357 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FLO has reached a high of $26.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.64. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.06%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FLO traded about 1.29M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FLO traded about 1133620 shares per day. A total of 210.42M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 196.51M. Insiders hold about 6.93% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.44% stake in the company. Shares short for FLO as of 1719532800 were 2743432 with a Short Ratio of 2.13, compared to 1717113600 on 2144222. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2743432 and a Short% of Float of 1.47.
Dividends & Splits
FLO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.93, up from 0.92 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04289044The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.43. The current Payout Ratio is 157.33% for FLO, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-06-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1717632000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-06-20 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
