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Flowers Foods, Inc (NYSE: FLO) closed the day trading at $19.94 down -0.80% from the previous closing price of $20.10. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.80 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.44 million shares were traded. FLO stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $19.46.
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 280.52 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.43. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.79 and its Current Ratio is at 1.24. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.98 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.93.
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.
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 4199324160 and an Enterprise Value of 5178656768. As of this moment, Flowers’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.58, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.23. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.23. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.011 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.995.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, FLO has reached a high of $26.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.59%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -12.30%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FLO traded about 1.36M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FLO traded about 1572820 shares per day. A total of 210.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 195.14M. Insiders hold about 7.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.17% stake in the company. Shares short for FLO as of 1734048000 were 7182469 with a Short Ratio of 5.28, compared to 1731628800 on 4574313. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7182469 and a Short% of Float of 3.85.
Dividends & Splits
FLO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.95, up from 0.94 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04676617The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.52.
