BGS — B&G Foods, Inc.

US Consumer Staples Food & beverage equity mkt cap 281.2M
3.46 +3.90% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 3.33 · high 5.87

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Performance

1 day+3.90%
1 week-4.42%
1 month-1.42%
3 months-18.59%
6 months-34.47%
Year to date-17.62%
1 year-21.36%
3 years-71.57%
5 years-88.49%

Technicals

RSI 1445.9
vs 50-day avg-7.44%
vs 200-day avg-23.11%
Volatility 1y50.0%
Max drawdown 1y-43.27%
Avg volume 30d2.4M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)21.97%
Paid last 12m0.7600
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-29

Measured signals that fired on BGS

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-05Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-20Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-13Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-13Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-01Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-17Cluster sale: three or more insiders
insider
-0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-10Mills Robert D
President & CEO
Grant or award134.4K0.000
2026-06-01SHERRILL STEPHEN
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01Mills Robert D
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01Wenner David L
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01Mullen Dennis M
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01Palmer Cheryl M
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01MARCY CHARLES F
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01Brunts DeAnn L
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01Chase Debra M
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000
2026-06-01POE ALFRED
Director
Grant or award26.9K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.31.8M6.6M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC21.6M4.5M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC16.4M3.4M
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP15.5M3.2M
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC15.4M3.2M
MORGAN STANLEY12.0M2.5M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC9.1M1.9M
STATE STREET CORP8.9M1.8M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP8.1M1.7M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC8.0M1.7M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d56.3% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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