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247 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.47B invested in Flowers Foods in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 40 funds opening new positions, 75 increasing their positions, 86 reducing their positions, and 20 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

127% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.2M | Put options by funds: $1.41M

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 40 | Existing positions closed: 20

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 231 → 247 (+16)

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.42B → $2.47B (+$47.1M)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 → 4 (0)

1.68% less ownership

Funds ownership: 63.13% → 61.45% (-1.7%)

13% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 75 | Existing positions reduced: 86

Holders
247
Holders Change
+16
Holders Change %
+6.93%
% of All Funds
6.58%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.11%
New
40
Increased
75
Reduced
86
Closed
20
Calls
$3.2M
Puts
$1.41M
Net Calls
+$1.79M
Net Calls Change
+$3.8M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
GAM
Gotham Asset Management
New York
+$33.8M
2
FPP
Findlay Park Partners
United Kingdom
+$29.7M
3
PWLP
Prio Wealth Limited Partnership
Massachusetts
+$16.9M
4
CIP
Champlain Investment Partners
Vermont
+$16.2M
5
Retirement Systems of Alabama
Retirement Systems of Alabama
Alabama
+$11.4M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
T. Rowe Price Associates
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
-$103M
2
PIM
Perkins Investment Management
Illinois
-$21M
3
First Trust Advisors
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
-$12.3M
4
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$10.3M
5
HAI
Hennessy Advisors Inc
California
-$8.58M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Goldman Sachs
101
Goldman Sachs
New York
$1.47M -$4.86M -257,234 -77%
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)
102
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)
Ohio
$1.44M +$258K +13,645 +22%
N
103
Nuveen
North Carolina
$1.37M – – –
Commonwealth Equity Services
104
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$1.34M +$1.32M +69,876 New
QI
105
Qualcomm Inc
California
$1.34M – – –
First Trust Advisors
106
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$1.3M -$12.3M -650,983 -91%
AP
107
AHL Partners
United Kingdom
$1.28M +$1.26M +66,546 New
MERSOM
108
Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan
Michigan
$1.15M +$189K +9,980 +20%
LMGAM
109
Liberty Mutual Group Asset Management
Massachusetts
$1.14M -$11K -582 -1%
NEAM
110
New England Asset Management
Connecticut
$1.12M -$1.67M -88,400 -60%
SEI Investments
111
SEI Investments
Pennsylvania
$1.11M +$1.09M +57,829 New
PP
112
Paloma Partners
Connecticut
$1.1M +$1.08M +57,185 New
RA
113
Rational Advisors
New York
$1.09M +$1.07M +56,750 New
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado
114
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado
Colorado
$1.08M -$1.78K -94 -0.2%
HK
115
Horizon Kinetics
New York
$1.08M -$945 -50 -0.1%
IIM
116
Intact Investment Management
Quebec, Canada
$1.06M +$686K +36,300 +193%
OPERF
117
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund
Oregon
$1.04M – – –
WGCA
118
Wolf Group Capital Advisors
Virginia
$1.02M +$1.01M +53,325 New
Envestnet Asset Management
119
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$1.02M +$291K +15,404 +41%
IGIM
120
I.G. Investment Management
Manitoba, Canada
$1.01M – – –
EAM
121
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
$1.01M -$7.26M -384,552 -88%
ACI
122
Advance Capital I
Michigan
$984K -$419K -22,200 -30%
MA
123
Marshwinds Advisory
Georgia
$979K – – –
Invesco
124
Invesco
Georgia
$975K +$59.5K +3,151 +7%
LSERS
125
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System
Louisiana
$965K +$5.67K +300 +0.6%
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FLO Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review

247 of the 3,751 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flowers Foods (FLO) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $2.47B — up 1.9% from $2.42B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 40 funds opened new FLO positions and 20 closed out — a net gain of 20 holders — while 75 added to existing stakes and 86 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Gotham Asset Management, adding an estimated $33.8M. The largest seller was T. Rowe Price Associates, cutting an estimated $103M.

  • 247 institutional investors held Flowers Foods (FLO) as of Q4 2014, up from 231 in Q3 2014.
  • Funds reported $2.47B of Flowers Foods stock for Q4 2014, up 1.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 40 funds opened new Flowers Foods positions in Q4 2014 and 20 closed out, a net change of +20 holders.
  • The largest Flowers Foods buyer in Q4 2014 was Gotham Asset Management, an estimated $33.8M added.
  • The largest Flowers Foods seller in Q4 2014 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $103M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.