Flowers Foods, Inc.
Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) Stock Ownership
Institutional vs insider vs public ownership from 13F and float data — top holders, activity, and insider trades below.
SEC 13F · FMP · FLO · as of Sep 30, 2025
Ownership Breakdown
438
Institutional Holders
▲ 6 vs Q2
$2.22B
Total Inst. Value
▼ $580.95M vs Q2
211.99M
Shares Outstanding
freeFloat 92.23%
169.93M
13F Shares Held
▼ 5.66M vs Q2
Institutional ownership = 13F shares ÷ total outstanding. Insider % = 100 − free float. Public % = free float − institution %. Data: FMP /symbol-positions-summary + /shares-float + SEC EDGAR.
Top Institutional Holders
FLO largest shareholders · institutional ownership
Q3 2025 · SEC 13F
Showing top 10 holders
| Holder | Shares | % Owned | Weight | Value | Reported | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VANGUARD GROUP INC food and kindred products | 20.35M | 9.63% | 9.63% | $265.63B | Nov 7, 2025 | ▼ 1.02M |
BLACKROCK, INC. food and kindred products | 18.71M | 8.85% | 8.85% | $244.18B | Nov 12, 2025 | ▲ 353.6K |
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. food and kindred products | 10.72M | 5.07% | 5.07% | $139.91B | Nov 13, 2025 | ▼ 2.17M |
STATE STREET CORP food and kindred products | 9.86M | 4.67% | 4.67% | $128.71B | Nov 14, 2025 | ▼ 382.9K |
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC food and kindred products | 7.29M | 3.45% | 3.45% | $95.11B | Nov 10, 2025 | ▼ 413.1K |
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP food and kindred products | 5.72M | 2.71% | 2.71% | $74.63B | Nov 12, 2025 | ▲ 502.1K |
COOKE & BIELER LP food and kindred products | 5.46M | 2.58% | 2.58% | $71.29B | Oct 31, 2025 | ▼ 127.3K |
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC food and kindred products | 5.45M | 2.58% | 2.58% | $71.14B | Nov 13, 2025 | ▼ 387.9K |
UBS GROUP AG food and kindred products | 5.44M | 2.57% | 2.57% | $71.00B | Nov 13, 2025 | ▲ 134.1K |
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP food and kindred products | 4.37M | 2.07% | 2.07% | $57.05B | Nov 12, 2025 | ▲ 521.7K |
Data from SEC Form 13F filings. Ownership bar normalised to largest holder. Change flags: isNew / isSoldOut / changeInSharesNumber (FMP extract-analytics/holder).
Institutional Activity
Q3 2025 vs prior quarter
Q3 2025
29
Increased
+15.36M shares0
New Positions
first time holders20
Decreased
−9.21M shares0
Sold Out
fully exitedNet shares change (top 50)
+6.14M
+15.36M / −9.21M
Net new holders
+9
0 new / 0 exited
Based on top 50 institutional holders by position size. Fields: isNew, isSoldOut, changeInSharesNumber (FMP extract-analytics/holder, limit=50).
Insider Buying vs Selling
FLO insider trading · insider activity
Source: SEC Form 4
0
Buy transactions
1
Sell transactions
0.00
Buy/Sell ratio
$0M
Total disposed
Recent Insider Transactions
Showing 10 most recent · Common Stock only
| Name · Role | Date | Type | Shares | Price | Value | After Trans. | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chubb Thomas Caldecot III director | Jun 4, 2026 | D-Return | 18,550 | — | — | 0 | Form 4 ↗ |
Chubb Thomas Caldecot III director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
KING BRIGITTE director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
Smith Joanne D director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
GASS RHONDA director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
LEWIS MARGARET G director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
Spainhour Sterling A Jr. director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
McFadden William Jameson director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
SPEAR JAMES T director | May 29, 2026 | Award | 22,260 | — | — | 22.3K | Form 4 ↗ |
Source: /insider-trading/search (FMP stable). Buy/Sell direction: acquisitionOrDisposition A=Buy, D=Sell. RSU vesting (M-Exempt) excluded from sentiment bar. All data from SEC EDGAR public filings.
About institutional & insider ownership
Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) is primarily owned by institutional investors, who hold approximately 80.2% of total shares outstanding. Company insiders own approximately 7.77%, while retail and public investors account for the remaining 12.07%.
The largest institutional shareholder of Flowers Foods, Inc. is VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding approximately 20.35 million shares — equal to 9.63% of outstanding shares — as of September 30, 2025.
A total of 438 institutional investors currently hold FLO stock, with a combined institutional value of approximately $2.22 billion as of the most recent 13F filing period.
Frequently asked questions
FLO ownershipFlowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) is primarily owned by institutional investors, who hold approximately 80.2% of shares. The largest shareholder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with a 9.63% stake. Company insiders hold 7.77%. Data sourced from SEC Form 13F as of September 30, 2025.