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Dividend Stock Idea of the Day – Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO)

Dividend Stock Ideas by Dividend Yields – Stock, Capital Investment. Our Dividend Idea of the day is the food company Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO). The current dividend yield amounts to 2.79 percent.

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of bakery products in the United States. It has two segments: direct-store-delivery (DSD) and warehouse delivery. The DSD segment focuses on the production and marketing of bakery products to United States customers in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwest, as well as markets in California and Nevada primarily through its direct-store-delivery system. The warehouse delivery segment produces snack cakes for sale to co-pack, retail and vending customers, as well as frozen bread, rolls, buns, and tortillas for sale to retail and foodservice customers primarily through warehouse distribution. Its branded products include Flowers, Nature’s Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Mill, Nature’s Grain, Mrs. Freshley’s, European Bakers, Broad Street Bakery, Mi Casa, Leo’s Foods and Juarez. In May 2011, it merged with Tasty Baking Company (Tasty). Tasty is part of its direct-store-delivery segment. (More on Reuters).

Here are some Fundamental Figures:
Sales
2.58 Bil
Income
137.52 Mil
Net Profit Margin
5.33%
Return on Equity
17.79%
Debt/Equity Ratio
0.15
Revenue/Share
28.1
Earnings/Share
1.5
Book Value/Share
8.84
Dividend Rate
0.9
Payout Ratio
53.00%



Here are some Pricing Figures:
Price/Earnings
21.6
Price/Book
3.7
Price/Sales
1.1
Price/Cash Flow
10
Dividend Yield %
2.79
Forward Price/Earnings
18.1
PEG Ratio
2.5
PEG Payback (Yrs)
11



Here are some Trading Figures:
Last Price
32.3
52-Wk High
33.43
52-Wk Low
22.97
Volume
 NA
Avg Daily Vol (13 Wks)
661,222
50-Day Moving Average
31.05
200-Day Moving Average
27.15
Volatility (beta)
0.14

Flowers Foods Sales and Income (Click to enlarge)


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