a quarterly dividend of $.175 per share, which is $.70 per share on an annualized basis,representing an increase of 17% over the previous dividend paid.

11.4

From a recent Mad Money show:"I think its a good company now that they've restructured themselves. People still eat bread, even in a depression."

Take Flowers Foods (FLO), whose breads and buns qualify as staples and whose stock is up 27% this year. The company has little debt and benefits from a symbiotic alignment with its biggest client: 20% of its sales come from Wal-Mart (WMT), whose grocery business is growing fast. But shares trading near 30 are priced at 21.5 times 2009 profits, well above the 14.6 times for packaged foods, and it's hard to argue that Flowers is under-appreciated.

20%

Flowers Foods (FLO) was downgraded to Neutral at Merrill Lynch. Valuation call, as the stock is up 25% over the past 12 months.

17.9

Flowers Foods (FLO). Cramer said that while Flowers might have looked good two weeks ago, it's a sell due to rising raw costs. The company trades at 22 times its earnings, but is only growing at 10%, and that makes it too expensive in Cramer's book.

everybody eats bread

stock price growth and split annouced

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