post holdings inc. - POST

POST

Close Chg Chg %
99.72 -1.90 -1.91%

Closed Market

97.82

-1.90 (1.91%)

Volume: 758.30K

Last Updated:

Dec 4, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: post holdings inc. - POST

POST Key Data

Open

$99.83

Day Range

97.19 - 100.27

52 Week Range

96.34 - 125.84

Market Cap

$5.20B

Shares Outstanding

52.15M

Public Float

45.28M

Beta

0.46

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

17.88

EPS

$5.95

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$34.66

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 11, 2022

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

924.08K

 

POST Performance

1 Week
 
-5.93%
 
1 Month
 
-8.27%
 
3 Months
 
-9.63%
 
1 Year
 
-16.70%
 
5 Years
 
52.17%
 

POST Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 10
Full Ratings ➔

About post holdings inc. - POST

Post Holdings, Inc. is a consumer-packaged goods company, which engages in the operation of center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, active nutrition, and private brand food categories. It operates through the following segments: Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, and Refrigerated Retail. The Post Consumer Brands segment manufactures, markets, and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal and hot cereal products. The Weetabix segment focuses on the marketing and distribution of branded and private label RTE cereal products. The Foodservice segment includes egg and potato products. The Refrigerated Retail segment involves the production and distribution of egg products, sausage, side dishes, cheese, and other refrigerated products to retail and foodservice customers. The company was founded by Charles William Post in 1895 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

POST At a Glance

Post Holdings, Inc.
2503 South Hanley Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63144
Phone 1-314-644-7600 Revenue 8.16B
Industry Food: Specialty/Candy Net Income 335.70M
Sector Consumer Non-Durables 2025 Sales Growth 2.971%
Fiscal Year-end 09 / 2026 Employees 13,180
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POST Valuation

P/E Current 17.883
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.505
Price to Sales Ratio 0.829
Price to Book Ratio 1.512
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 6.77
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 10.383
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.752
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.539

POST Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 618,975.721
Income Per Employee 25,470.41
Receivables Turnover 11.093
Total Asset Turnover 0.612

POST Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.669
Quick Ratio 0.948
Cash Ratio 0.151

POST Profitability

Gross Margin 26.371
Operating Margin 10.442
Pretax Margin 5.442
Net Margin 4.115
Return on Assets 2.52
Return on Equity 8.56
Return on Total Capital 2.931
Return on Invested Capital 2.982

POST Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 205.185
Total Debt to Total Capital 67.233
Total Debt to Total Assets 56.923
Long-Term Debt to Equity 203.965
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 66.833
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Post Holdings Inc. - POST

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
5.85B 6.99B 7.92B 8.16B
Sales Growth
-6.03% +19.48% +13.33% +2.97%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
4.59B 5.23B 5.77B 6.01B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
380.20M 407.10M 476.90M 524.30M
Depreciation
234.20M 246.40M 292.30M 323.50M
Amortization of Intangibles
146.00M 160.70M 184.60M 200.80M
COGS Growth
-0.89% +14.04% +10.13% +4.19%
Gross Income
1.26B 1.76B 2.16B 2.15B
Gross Income Growth
-20.96% +39.29% +22.86% -0.29%
Gross Profit Margin
+21.55% +25.12% +27.23% +26.37%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
876.50M 1.06B 1.32B 1.30B
Research & Development
18.90M 22.90M 29.00M 31.90M
Other SG&A
857.60M 1.04B 1.29B 1.27B
SGA Growth
-8.76% +21.00% +24.67% -1.72%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(381.30M) 13.80M 63.30M 50.60M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
765.60M 681.80M 772.10M 801.30M
Non Operating Income/Expense
447.50M 10.20M 16.50M 4.10M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
317.80M 279.10M 316.50M 361.40M
Interest Expense Growth
-14.34% -12.18% +13.40% +14.19%
Gross Interest Expense
317.80M 279.10M 316.50M 361.40M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
895.30M 412.90M 472.10M 444.00M
Pretax Income Growth
+165.51% -53.88% +14.34% -5.95%
Pretax Margin
+15.30% +5.91% +5.96% +5.44%
Income Tax
85.70M 99.70M 105.10M 108.70M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
82.20M 117.40M 134.10M 97.30M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
13.20M 5.20M 6.50M 6.80M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(9.70M) (22.50M) (35.40M) 23.20M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- (400.00K) (100.00K) (18.60M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
742.50M 312.90M 366.90M 335.80M
Minority Interest Expense
7.50M 11.60M 200.00K 100.00K
Net Income
735.00M 301.30M 366.70M 335.70M
Net Income Growth
+372.06% -59.01% +21.71% -8.45%
Net Margin Growth
+12.56% +4.31% +4.63% +4.11%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - 21.60M
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - 21.60M
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
756.60M 301.30M 366.70M 335.70M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
756.60M 301.30M 366.70M 335.70M
EPS (Basic)
12.4236 5.0217 6.1219 5.984
EPS (Basic) Growth
+412.27% -59.58% +21.91% -2.25%
Basic Shares Outstanding
60.90M 60.00M 59.90M 56.10M
EPS (Diluted)
12.0909 4.8239 5.6443 5.5103
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+407.42% -60.10% +17.01% -2.37%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
62.70M 67.00M 66.90M 62.90M
EBITDA
764.50M 1.10B 1.31B 1.38B
EBITDA Growth
-25.32% +44.24% +19.01% +4.87%
EBITDA Margin
+13.07% +15.77% +16.56% +16.87%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 123.222
Number of Ratings 10 Current Quarters Estimate 1.658
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 6.945
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.09 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 7.23 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 8.258
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 9 9 9 8
Mean Estimate 1.66 1.73 6.95 8.26
High Estimates 1.79 2.13 7.40 9.10
Low Estimate 1.51 1.58 6.50 7.25
Coefficient of Variance 6.98 9.74 3.38 6.38

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 6 6
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 3
HOLD 2 2 2
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Post Holdings Inc. - POST

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 4, 2025 William P. Stiritz Director 179,906 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 11, 2025 Nicolas Catoggio PRES & CEO, PCB 45,501 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $117 per share 5,323,617.00
Mar 6, 2025 Bradly A. Harper SVP, CHIEF ACCTING OFFICER 8,741 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $114.59 per share 1,001,631.19
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 837,199 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $116.43 per share 97,475,079.57
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 44,153 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 88,263 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 837,199 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $116.55 per share 97,575,543.45
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 840,928 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $115.87 per share 97,438,327.36
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 881,309 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $54.06 per share 47,643,564.54
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 839,327 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $115.53 per share 96,967,448.31
Feb 27, 2025 Robert V. Vitale PRESIDENT & CEO; Director 856,332 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $54.06 per share 46,293,307.92
Feb 26, 2025 Diedre Lynn Gray EVP, GC & CAO, SECY 34,482 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.1 per share 2,141,332.20
Feb 26, 2025 Diedre Lynn Gray EVP, GC & CAO, SECY 19,325 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $115.8 per share 2,237,835.00
Feb 26, 2025 Diedre Lynn Gray EVP, GC & CAO, SECY N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 13, 2025 David W. Kemper Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 13, 2025 David W. Kemper Director 29,722 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $110.75 per share 3,291,711.50
Feb 13, 2025 David W. Kemper Director 38,661 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.81 per share 4,245,364.41
Feb 13, 2025 David W. Kemper Director 44,550 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $43.61 per share 1,942,825.50
Feb 7, 2025 Thomas C. Erb Director 37,075 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 David P. Skarie Director 55,391 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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