Flowers Foods
FLO
286 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.72B invested in Flowers Foods in 2016 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 40 funds opening new positions, 111 increasing their positions, 98 reducing their positions, and 30 closing their positions.
50% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 → 6 (+2)
33% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 40 | Existing positions closed: 30
13% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 111 | Existing positions reduced: 98
10% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.48B → $2.72B (+$236M)
5.91% more ownership
Funds ownership: 64.07% → 69.98% (+5.9%)
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 279 → 286 (+7)
72% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.85M | Put options by funds: $20.9M
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
American Century Companies
Kansas City,
Missouri
|
+$94.3M |
| 2 |
DRZID
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Winter Park,
Florida
|
+$31.8M |
| 3 |
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
Dallas,
Texas
|
+$24.5M |
| 4 |
Renaissance Technologies
New York
|
+$18.1M |
| 5 |
HCM
Highbridge Capital Management
New York
|
+$15M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
O
OppenheimerFunds
New York
|
-$41.5M |
| 2 |
Victory Capital Management
San Antonio,
Texas
|
-$35M |
| 3 |
VOYA Investment Management
Atlanta,
Georgia
|
-$17.8M |
| 4 |
Balyasny Asset Management
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$13.7M |
| 5 |
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
|
-$13.1M |
FLO Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2016 in Review
286 of the 3,749 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flowers Foods (FLO) for Q2 2016, worth a combined $2.72B — up 9.5% from $2.48B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 40 funds opened new FLO positions and 30 closed out — a net gain of 10 holders — while 111 added to existing stakes and 98 trimmed.
The largest buyer was American Century Companies, opening a new position worth an estimated $94.3M. The largest seller was OppenheimerFunds, cutting an estimated $41.5M.
- 286 institutional investors held Flowers Foods (FLO) as of Q2 2016, up from 279 in Q1 2016.
- Funds reported $2.72B of Flowers Foods stock for Q2 2016, up 9.5% quarter-over-quarter.
- 40 funds opened new Flowers Foods positions in Q2 2016 and 30 closed out, a net change of +10 holders.
- The largest Flowers Foods buyer in Q2 2016 was American Century Companies, an estimated $94.3M added.
- The largest Flowers Foods seller in Q2 2016 was OppenheimerFunds, an estimated $41.5M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2016.