Flowers Foods
318 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.94B invested in Flowers Foods in 2018 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 39 funds opening new positions, 112 increasing their positions, 114 reducing their positions, and 40 closing their positions.
2.68% more ownership
Funds ownership: 64.46% → 67.14% (+2.7%)
1% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.97B → $2.94B (-$25.7M)
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 112 | Existing positions reduced: 114
3% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 39 | Existing positions closed: 40
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 322 → 318 (-4)
20% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 4 (-1)
72% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4.31M | Put options by funds: $15.1M
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T. Rowe Price Associates
Baltimore,
Maryland
|
+$76.8M |
| 2 |
APG Asset Management
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
|
+$37.8M |
| 3 |
Vanguard Group
Malvern,
Pennsylvania
|
+$23.4M |
| 4 |
CRCP
Copper Rock Capital Partners
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$22M |
| 5 |
Charles Schwab
San Francisco,
California
|
+$21.5M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$25.2M |
| 2 |
AR
Advisory Research
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$16.1M |
| 3 |
Millennium Management
New York
|
-$14.6M |
| 4 |
CIC
Crawford Investment Counsel
Atlanta,
Georgia
|
-$12.8M |
| 5 |
Two Sigma Investments
New York
|
-$12.7M |
FLO Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2018 in Review
318 of the 4,369 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flowers Foods (FLO) for Q2 2018, worth a combined $2.94B — down 0.87% from $2.97B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 40 funds closed out of FLO and 39 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 114 trimmed existing stakes and 112 added.
The largest buyer was T. Rowe Price Associates, adding an estimated $76.8M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $25.2M.
- 318 institutional investors held Flowers Foods (FLO) as of Q2 2018, down from 322 in Q1 2018.
- Funds reported $2.94B of Flowers Foods stock for Q2 2018, down 0.87% quarter-over-quarter.
- 39 funds opened new Flowers Foods positions in Q2 2018 and 40 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
- The largest Flowers Foods buyer in Q2 2018 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $76.8M added.
- The largest Flowers Foods seller in Q2 2018 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $25.2M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2018.