The Latest Breaking News from Flowers Foods

Stocks hitting 52-week highs and lows Tuesday was almost 50/50, with the former at 76, four more than the latter. Not all eight consumer defensive stocks hitting 52-week lows deserve to be there.

According to Benzinga Pro, during Q1, Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) earned $85.59 million, a 117.66% increase from the preceding quarter. Flowers Foods also posted a total of $1.44 billion in sales, a 46.01% increase since Q4.

Tuesday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO).

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) reported first-quarter sales growth of 10.3% year-over-year to $1.436 billion, beating the consensus of $1.40 billion. Branded retail sales increased 11% Y/Y to $956.1 million, store-branded retail $173.6 million (+6.9% Y/Y), while non-retail and other sales increased 10.2% Y/Y to $306.2 million. Adjusted EPS was $0.44, above the…