FLO Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own FLO shares is 514, representing 71.83% of the company's common stock.

NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in FLO by -1.34% restricting it's holding to 241.05 thousand shares of worth nearly $5.73M. BOSTON TRUST WALDEN CORP also lessened -0.33% of the FLO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.57 million shares of worth $108.50M. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP also shunned FLO shares holding by -1.57% last quarter which brought its holding to 3.56 million shares worth $84.54M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC increased its stake in FLO by 4,144.47% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 729.67 thousand shares having worth more than $17.33M. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 6.44% more shares of FLO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 3.71 million shares of worth $88.04M. SOUTHEAST ASSET ADVISORS INC. also increased its FLO shares holding by 3.83% which brought its holding to 3.4 million shares worth $80.80M.

The insider with the most stakes in FLO is MCMULLIAN AMOS R , director at the company. Additionally, FLO stock is highly held by director DEESE GEORGE E and Chairman and CEO McMullian Ryals among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 7.61% percent of Flowers Foods, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which FLO insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include THOMAS TERRY S, COURTNEY H MARK, and MCMULLIAN RYALS.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Flowers Foods, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Flowers Foods, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 7.61% of FLO stock.

FLO director, MCMULLIAN AMOS R holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. FLO shares owned by MCMULLIAN total nearly 3.66 million.

CITADEL ADVISORS LLC is the largest institutional owner in FLO which holds 729.67 thousand shares worth $17.33M or 0.34% of the total FLO shares outstanding followed by NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM with ownership of 241.05 thousand shares representing 0.11% of the FLO ownership. BOSTON TRUST WALDEN CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 4.57 million shares or 2.16% of the ownership worth more than $108.50M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the FLO is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of FLO shares short is 7.47M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 210.60M shares of FLO are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, FLO has 195.83M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for FLO is 4.64.