Flowers Foods
231 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.42B invested in Flowers Foods in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 12 funds opening new positions, 104 increasing their positions, 72 reducing their positions, and 29 closing their positions.
44% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 104 | Existing positions reduced: 72
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 → 4 (0)
2.04% less ownership
Funds ownership: 65.17% → 63.13% (-2%)
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 250 → 231 (-19)
16% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.87B → $2.42B (-$450M)
59% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 12 | Existing positions closed: 29
59% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.37M | Put options by funds: $3.38M
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DRZID
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Winter Park,
Florida
|
+$49.3M |
| 2 |
CIP
Champlain Investment Partners
Burlington,
Vermont
|
+$26.2M |
| 3 |
BTW
Boston Trust Walden
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$25.6M |
| 4 |
Massachusetts Financial Services
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$12.3M |
| 5 |
FPP
Findlay Park Partners
London,
United Kingdom
|
+$10.9M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T. Rowe Price Associates
Baltimore,
Maryland
|
-$44.3M |
| 2 |
Norges Bank
Oslo,
Norway
|
-$32.5M |
| 3 |
O
OppenheimerFunds
New York
|
-$27.7M |
| 4 |
DC
Davenport & Co
Richmond,
Virginia
|
-$27.6M |
| 5 |
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
|
-$19.6M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BJ
251
BlackRock Japan
Tokyo,
Japan
| – | -$111K | -5,243 | Closed |
|
252
Bessemer Group
Woodbridge,
New Jersey
| – | -$81K | -3,829 | Closed |
|
|
AP
253
Advisors Preferred
Rockville,
Maryland
| – | -$49.2K | -2,336 | Closed |
|
|
EA
254
Emerald Advisers
Leola,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$47K | -2,250 | Closed |
|
255
Parallax Volatility Advisers
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$34K | -1,606 | Closed |
|
|
LNB
256
Ledyard National Bank
| – | -$9K | -415 | Closed |
|
257
Walleye Trading
New York
| – | -$6.3K | -323 | Closed |
|
|
EWM
258
Evercore Wealth Management
New York
| – | -$3K | -159 | Closed |
|
FLO Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2014 in Review
231 of the 3,448 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flowers Foods (FLO) for Q3 2014, worth a combined $2.42B — down 16% from $2.87B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 29 funds closed out of FLO and 12 opened new positions — a net loss of 17 holders — while 72 trimmed existing stakes and 104 added.
The largest buyer was DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ), opening a new position worth an estimated $49.3M. The largest seller was T. Rowe Price Associates, cutting an estimated $44.3M.
- 231 institutional investors held Flowers Foods (FLO) as of Q3 2014, down from 250 in Q2 2014.
- Funds reported $2.42B of Flowers Foods stock for Q3 2014, down 16% quarter-over-quarter.
- 12 funds opened new Flowers Foods positions in Q3 2014 and 29 closed out, a net change of -17 holders.
- The largest Flowers Foods buyer in Q3 2014 was DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ), an estimated $49.3M added.
- The largest Flowers Foods seller in Q3 2014 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $44.3M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2014.