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Flowers Foods

286 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.34B invested in Flowers Foods in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 56 funds opening new positions, 101 increasing their positions, 82 reducing their positions, and 24 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

206% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.11M | Put options by funds: $1.02M

133% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 56 | Existing positions closed: 24

40% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 57 (+2)

23% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 101 | Existing positions reduced: 82

15% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.9B → $3.34B (+$440M)

12% more funds holding

Funds holding: 255286 (+31)

2.09% less ownership

Funds ownership: 66.49%64.41% (-2.1%)

Holders
286
Holders Change
+31
Holders Change %
+12.16%
% of All Funds
7.98%
Holding in Top 10
7
Holding in Top 10 Change
+2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+40%
% of All Funds
0.2%
New
56
Increased
101
Reduced
82
Closed
24
Calls
$3.11M
Puts
$1.02M
Net Calls
+$2.1M
Net Calls Change
-$1.03M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$338M +$6.4M +281,835 +2%
T. Rowe Price Associates
2
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$307M -$13.3M -583,845 -4%
WSCM
3
Wellington Shields Capital Management
New York
$184M -$894K -39,392 -0.5%
FPP
4
Findlay Park Partners
United Kingdom
$152M -$29.7M -1,308,300 -18%
BFA
5
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$141M +$1.52M +67,101 +1%
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$128M -$1.1M -48,465 -0.9%
SDJVC
7
St. Denis J. Villere & Co
Louisiana
$113M -$23.7M -1,046,066 -19%
State Street
8
State Street
Massachusetts
$113M +$2.7M +118,763 +3%
Victory Capital Management
9
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$99.3M +$20.4K +899 +0%
Neuberger Berman Group
10
Neuberger Berman Group
New York
$93.4M -$2.59M -114,198 -3%
CIP
11
Champlain Investment Partners
Vermont
$83.3M -$1.92M -84,730 -2%
Diamond Hill Capital Management
12
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Ohio
$78.8M +$987K +43,483 +1%
O
13
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$72.4M +$3.02M +133,200 +5%
First Trust Advisors
14
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$61.8M -$9.29M -409,007 -14%
SAA
15
Southeast Asset Advisors
Georgia
$56.5M -$2.69M -118,314 -5%
KAM
16
Keeley Asset Management
Illinois
$54.3M -$6.08M -267,795 -11%
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$53.2M +$884K +38,959 +2%
GAM
18
Gotham Asset Management
New York
$45.9M -$4.78M -210,499 -10%
Norges Bank
19
Norges Bank
Norway
$44.5M
VOYA Investment Management
20
VOYA Investment Management
Georgia
$41.7M -$1.37M -60,496 -3%
BTW
21
Boston Trust Walden
Massachusetts
$39.1M -$1.64M -72,211 -4%
Northern Trust
22
Northern Trust
Illinois
$37.7M +$1.07M +46,918 +3%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
23
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$31M +$1.28M +56,478 +5%
GI
24
GAMCO Investors
Connecticut
$30.6M -$490K -21,580 -2%
Truist Financial
25
Truist Financial
North Carolina
$29.8M -$114K -5,014 -0.4%

FLO Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2015 in Review

286 of the 3,582 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flowers Foods (FLO) for Q3 2015, worth a combined $3.34B — up 15% from $2.9B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 56 funds opened new FLO positions and 24 closed out — a net gain of 32 holders — while 101 added to existing stakes and 82 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Copeland Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $12.4M. The largest seller was Wellington Shields & Co, cutting an estimated $148M.

  • 286 institutional investors held Flowers Foods (FLO) as of Q3 2015, up from 255 in Q2 2015.
  • Funds reported $3.34B of Flowers Foods stock for Q3 2015, up 15% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 56 funds opened new Flowers Foods positions in Q3 2015 and 24 closed out, a net change of +32 holders.
  • The largest Flowers Foods buyer in Q3 2015 was Copeland Capital Management, an estimated $12.4M added.
  • The largest Flowers Foods seller in Q3 2015 was Wellington Shields & Co, an estimated $148M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2015.