Flowers Foods
      
      
    
  279 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.48B invested in Flowers Foods in 2016 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 39 funds opening new positions, 114 increasing their positions, 90 reducing their positions, and 49 closing their positions.
New
  Increased
  Maintained
  Reduced
  Closed
  more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:
more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: →
less ownership
Funds ownership: →
less funds holding
Funds holding: →
17% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.99B → $2.48B (-$510M)
20% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 39 | Existing positions closed: 49
80% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $8.45M | Put options by funds: $42.3M
    
      Holders
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        279
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Holding in Top 10
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        4
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Calls
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $8.45M
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Puts
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $42.3M
      
    
      
    
  
Top Buyers
| 1 | +$65.9M | |
| 2 | +$29.4M | |
| 3 | +$26.4M | |
| 4 | 
      Massachusetts Financial Services
     
      
        Boston,
      
      
        Massachusetts
      
     | +$21.1M | 
| 5 | 
      Balyasny Asset Management
     
      
        Chicago,
      
      
        Illinois
      
     | +$13.7M | 
Top Sellers
| 1 | -$64.4M | |
| 2 | -$47.5M | |
| 3 | -$38.2M | |
| 4 | 
    GAM
   
      Gotham Asset Management
     
      
      
        New York
      
     | -$26.6M | 
| 5 | 
      Goldman Sachs
     
      
      
        New York
      
     | -$23.8M |