Flowers Foods
FLO
255 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.9B invested in Flowers Foods in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 101 increasing their positions, 81 reducing their positions, and 23 closing their positions.
226% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4.51M | Put options by funds: $1.38M
25% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 101 | Existing positions reduced: 81
3.13% more ownership
Funds ownership: 63.36% → 66.49% (+3.1%)
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.01B → $2.9B (-$111M)
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 263 → 255 (-8)
26% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 23
29% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 7 → 5 (-2)
Top Buyers
| 1 |
WSC
Wellington Shields & Co
New York
|
+$147M |
| 2 |
First Trust Advisors
Wheaton,
Illinois
|
+$62.3M |
| 3 |
CIP
Champlain Investment Partners
Burlington,
Vermont
|
+$13.1M |
| 4 |
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
|
+$9.56M |
| 5 |
Vanguard Group
Malvern,
Pennsylvania
|
+$7.08M |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
DRZID
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Winter Park,
Florida
|
-$53.2M |
| 2 |
O
OppenheimerFunds
New York
|
-$16.2M |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
-$15.3M |
| 4 |
BA
BlackRock Advisors
Wilmington,
Delaware
|
-$8.5M |
| 5 |
Janus Henderson Group
London,
United Kingdom
|
-$8.36M |
FLO Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review
255 of the 3,711 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flowers Foods (FLO) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $2.9B — down 3.7% from $3.01B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 23 funds closed out of FLO and 17 opened new positions — a net loss of 6 holders — while 81 trimmed existing stakes and 101 added.
The largest buyer was Wellington Shields & Co, adding an estimated $147M. The largest seller was DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ), exiting entirely with an estimated $53.2M sold.
- 255 institutional investors held Flowers Foods (FLO) as of Q2 2015, down from 263 in Q1 2015.
- Funds reported $2.9B of Flowers Foods stock for Q2 2015, down 3.7% quarter-over-quarter.
- 17 funds opened new Flowers Foods positions in Q2 2015 and 23 closed out, a net change of -6 holders.
- The largest Flowers Foods buyer in Q2 2015 was Wellington Shields & Co, an estimated $147M added.
- The largest Flowers Foods seller in Q2 2015 was DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ), an estimated $53.2M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.