FLOWERS FOODS INC FLO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 343498101 · ISIN US3434981011
Bakeries of the United States
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryFood and Kindred Products
- HeadquartersThomasville, GA
- Founded1919
- Websiteflowersfoods.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($9.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 210.6m as of 2024-08-09, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $22.20. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($3.3m notional), 7 hold puts ($1.8m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 387 |
| Q4 2022 | 399 |
| Q1 2023 | 400 |
| Q2 2023 | 372 |
| Q3 2023 | 396 |
| Q4 2023 | 383 |
| Q1 2024 | 375 |
| Q2 2024 | 383 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 195 | 159 |
| Q1 2023 | 194 | 170 |
| Q2 2023 | 130 | 226 |
| Q3 2023 | 196 | 173 |
| Q4 2023 | 170 | 198 |
| Q1 2024 | 166 | 188 |
| Q2 2024 | 172 | 171 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $2.0m | $1.8m | 0.93 |
| Q4 2023 | $2.1m | $9.0m | 4.26 |
| Q1 2024 | $2.3m | $2.1m | 0.91 |
| Q2 2024 | $3.3m | $1.8m | 0.53 |
Biggest buyers
| COOKE & BIELER LP | Added | +2.2m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | New | +1.9m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +1.8m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +520.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | +468.1k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Added | +342.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +242.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +193.5k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +184.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP | Added | +183.8k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -4.8m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -2.5m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -711.4k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -555.8k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -467.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -390.4k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Reduced | -380.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -367.2k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | Reduced | -308.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | Reduced | -282.9k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.2m55.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.1m47.5k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $772.6k34.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $253.0k11.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $33.3k1.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $541.7k24.4k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $468.4k21.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $348.0k15.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $266.4k12.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $119.9k5.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $40.0k1.8k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +3.1 pts · filed 2026-07-28 | 14.7% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution +1.5 pts · filed 2026-07-31 | 6.5% |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-08-14 | 6.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: STATE STREET CORP (4.1%, 2026-08-07), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 2 | $82.7k | 1 | $4.0m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $56.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $348.1k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 3 | $255.7k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $845.3k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | $117.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-02 | Casey Edward J. Jr. Director | Bought | $117.8k5.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.8m $483.3m | Added +1.8m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.5m $410.6m | Reduced -555.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.7m $192.7m | Reduced -367.2k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 8.4m $187.1m | Reduced -2.5m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 5.9m $129.9m | Added +242.8k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.13% of their portfolio | 5.3m $117.7m | Added +2.2m |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.76% of their portfolio | 4.6m $102.6m | Added +54.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.9m $86.6m | Added +193.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.7m $82.6m | Added +160.8k |
| Southeast Asset Advisors, LLC 9.09% of their portfolio | 3.4m $75.6m | Added +2.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.5m $56.4m | Reduced -390.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $55.8m | Reduced -29.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $47.8m | Added +13.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $47.5m | Added +184.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $43.3m | Added +4.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $42.0m | Reduced -4.8m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.9m $41.4m | New |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $39.1m | Reduced -51.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $32.2m | Added +75.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $31.6m | Added +178.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $29.1m | Added +520.7k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $28.1m | Added +36.3k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.3m $27.9m | Reduced -63.8k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $25.5m | Added +18.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.7m | Added +181.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 862.5k $19.1m | Reduced -282.9k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 841.5k $18.7m | Added +342.6k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.35% of their portfolio | 829.9k $18.4m | Reduced -44.8k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 801.0k $17.8m | Reduced -11.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 738.6k $16.4m | Added +38.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 689.4k $15.3m | Added +48.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 639.5k $14.2m | Reduced -83.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 612.8k $13.6m | Reduced -11.6k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.14% of their portfolio | 587.5k $13.0m | Reduced -28.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 578.2k $12.8m | Added +155.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 575.9k $12.8m | Reduced -34.4k |
| Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC 2.15% of their portfolio | 530.8k $11.8m | Reduced -6.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 501.5k $11.1m | Added +131.2k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 468.8k $10.4m | Reduced -10.1k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 468.1k $10.4m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 453.9k $10.1m | Reduced -213.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 446.4k $9.9m | Added +19 |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.01% of their portfolio | 435.2k $9.7m | Reduced -308.8k |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 424.1k $9.4m | Added +2.5k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 409.5k $9.1m | Reduced -14.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 394.4k $8.8m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 389.4k $8.6m | Reduced -32.1k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 382.1k $8.5m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Vestcor Inc 0.29% of their portfolio | 381.4k $8.5m | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 378.5k $8.4m | Reduced -162.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 360.5k $8.0m | Reduced -150.0k |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. 0.10% of their portfolio | 349.5k $7.8m | Unchanged |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 339.5k $7.5m | Reduced -21.1k |
| Thomasville National Bank 0.59% of their portfolio | 329.4k $7.3m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Wellington Shields & Co., LLC 2.34% of their portfolio | 323.5k $7.2m | Added +64 |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 321.0k $7.1m | Added +73.8k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 294.9k $6.5m | Added +29.7k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 291.3k $6.5m | Reduced -227.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 289.8k $6.4m | Added +169.0k |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.28% of their portfolio | 282.1k $6.3m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 274.7k $6.1m | Added +149.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 267.3k $5.9m | Reduced -84.2k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 253.3k $5.6m | Added +69.5k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 243.0k $5.4m | First filing |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 225.8k $5.0m | Reduced -14.8k |
| SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 225.7k $5.0m | Reduced -290 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 223.3k $5.0m | Reduced -24.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 221.5k $4.9m | Reduced -19.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.3k $4.9m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.7k $4.8m | Reduced -57.2k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 211.7k $4.7m | Added +183.8k |
| Allen Mooney & Barnes Investment Advisors LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 207.1k $4.6m | Reduced -14.7k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 204.4k $4.5m | Added +148.8k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 201.8k $4.5m | Unchanged |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 198.0k $4.4m | Added +121.1k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.4k $4.4m | Reduced -4.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 195.5k $4.3m | Added +130.2k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 192.3k $4.3m | Reduced -3.3k |
| Coston, McIsaac & Partners 1.32% of their portfolio | 188.0k $4.2m | Added +5.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.9k $4.0m | Added +90.6k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 180.7k $4.0m | Added +169.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 173.9k $3.9m | Added +125.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 168.6k $3.7m | Added +85 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 167.0k $3.7m | Added +9.5k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 166.7k $3.7m | Added +22.9k |
| Signature Wealth Management Group 1.55% of their portfolio | 159.6k $3.5m | Added +1.5k |
| WALLED LAKE PLANNING & WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 156.6k $3.5m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Alpha Wave Global, LP 1.16% of their portfolio | 156.3k $3.5m | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.5k $3.4m | Reduced -158.7k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.9k $3.4m | Added +5.1k |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 149.1k $3.3m | Added +23.5k |
| DEAN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 147.9k $3.3m | Reduced -4.0k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.4k $3.2m | Added +94.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.7k $3.1m | Added +7.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.3k $2.9m | Reduced -34.8k |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 128.3k $2.8m | Reduced -22.1k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 122.4k $2.7m | Added +38.5k |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 119.7k $2.7m | Reduced -3.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 117.0k $2.6m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Alaska Permanent Fund Corp 0.04% of their portfolio | 116.0k $2.6m | Reduced -1.2k |