Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Flowers Foods Inc before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Flowers Foods Inc’s stock price such as:

• Flowers Foods Inc’s current stock price and volume
• Why Flowers Foods Inc’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for FLO from analysts
• FLO’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Flowers Foods Inc (FLO)

Before we jump into Flowers Foods Inc’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods in the United States. The Company's products include breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas and are sold under a variety of brand names, including Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread (DKB), Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Tastykake, and Mrs. Freshley's. Its fresh baked foods customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, restaurants, quick-serve chains, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores and vending companies. It supplies national and regional restaurants, institutions and foodservice distributors, and retail in-store bakeries with breads and rolls. It sells packaged bakery products to wholesale distributors for ultimate sale to food outlets. It sells packaged snack cakes primarily to customers who distribute them nationwide through multiple channels of distribution, including mass merchandisers, supermarkets, vending outlets and convenience stores.

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Flowers Foods Inc’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of May 17, 2024, 4:00 PM, CST, Flowers Foods Inc’s stock price was $24.45.

Flowers Foods Inc is down 4.08% from its previous closing price of $25.49.

During the last market session, Flowers Foods Inc’s stock traded between $25.43 and $25.67. Currently, there are 211.20 million shares of Flowers Foods Inc stock available for purchase.

Flowers Foods Inc’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 44.2, which is high compared to the Food Processing industry median of 18.5. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Flowers Foods Inc Stock Price History

Flowers Foods Inc’s (FLO) price is currently down 1.96% so far this month.

During the month of May, Flowers Foods Inc’s stock price has reached a high of $26.12 and a low of $23.82.

Over the last year, Flowers Foods Inc has hit prices as high as $28.85 and as low as $19.64. Year to date, Flowers Foods Inc’s stock is down 14.93%.

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What Caused Flowers Foods Inc Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of May 16, 2024, there were 0 analysts who downgraded Flowers Foods Inc’s stock and 3 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Flowers Foods Inc’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Flowers Foods Inc’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Flowers Foods Inc’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a D, which means it is considered to be Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Flowers Foods Inc

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of May 16, 2024, Flowers Foods Inc has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -4.89%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 47 and is considered to be Average.

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Flowers Foods Inc Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of May 17, 2024, Flowers Foods Inc’s stock price is $24.45, which is down 4.08% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Flowers Foods Inc stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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