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Flowers Foods (FLO) stock, explained like you're 5
Flowers Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FLO. It is a small cap company in the packaged foods industry, part of the consumer defensive sector, with a market value of about 1.2 billion dollars.
- Ticker
- FLO
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Size
- Small cap, about 1.2 billion dollars
Is Flowers Foods a small, medium or large cap company?
No. Flowers Foods is a small cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 1.2 billion dollars.
Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.
How Flowers Foods makes money
- Selling everyday goods such as food, drinks and household items.
- Brands that people keep buying in good times and bad.
- Stores and distribution.
What moves FLO stock
- Costs for ingredients, packaging and shipping.
- Whether shoppers trade down to cheaper brands.
- Steady dividends and market mood, since these stocks are seen as safer.
In the news lately
- Q2 Rundown: Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) Vs Other Perishable Food Stocks (Yahoo Finance)
- Flowers Foods: After The Dividend Slice Could Be Before The Slice (NYSE:FLO) (Seeking Alpha)
- Flowers Foods (FLO) Recalls Hawaiian Bread, Is The Stock A Bargain? (Simply Wall Street)
- The Technical Signals Behind (FLO) That Institutions Follow (Stock Traders Daily)
- Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) Stock Price & News (Syfe)
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Questions about Flowers Foods stock
What does Flowers Foods do?
Flowers Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FLO. It is a small cap company in the packaged foods industry, part of the consumer defensive sector, with a market value of about 1.2 billion dollars.
What is the ticker symbol for Flowers Foods?
Flowers Foods trades under the ticker FLO on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is Flowers Foods's market cap?
Flowers Foods is a small cap stock with a market cap of about 1.2 billion dollars.
How does Flowers Foods make money?
Selling everyday goods such as food, drinks and household items. Brands that people keep buying in good times and bad. Stores and distribution.
What moves FLO stock?
Costs for ingredients, packaging and shipping. Whether shoppers trade down to cheaper brands. Steady dividends and market mood, since these stocks are seen as safer.
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Educational information, not financial advice. This guide explains the business in general terms and does not include live prices.