Post Holdings Inc (NYSE: POST) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 20.50x compared to its average ratio. POST has 36-month beta value of 0.50. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for POST is 49.25M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.13% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of POST on June 13, 2025 was 615.40K shares.
POST) stock’s latest price update
Post Holdings Inc (NYSE: POST)’s stock price has gone rise by 1.29 in comparison to its previous close of 112.17, however, the company has experienced a 4.63% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. wsj.com reported 2025-06-03 that Post Holdings agreed to buy 8th Avenue Food & Provisions for $880 million, which includes assumed debt.
POST’s Market Performance
Post Holdings Inc (POST) has experienced a 4.63% rise in stock performance for the past week, with a 4.51% rise in the past month, and a 1.75% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.27%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.08% for POST. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 3.28% for POST’s stock, with a 0.70% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of POST
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for POST stocks, with Mizuho repeating the rating for POST by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for POST in the upcoming period, according to Mizuho is $110 based on the research report published on January 09, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see POST reach a price target of $92. The rating they have provided for POST stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on December 12th, 2023.
JP Morgan gave a rating of “Overweight” to POST, setting the target price at $100 in the report published on October 13th of the previous year.
POST Trading at 1.25% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought POST to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -9.71% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at POST starting from STIRITZ WILLIAM P, who purchase 186,740 shares at the price of $109.11 back on Jun 05 ’25. After this action, STIRITZ WILLIAM P now owns 4,298,667 shares of Post Holdings Inc, valued at $20,376,135 using the latest closing price.
CATOGGIO NICOLAS, the PRES & CEO, PCB of Post Holdings Inc, sale 1,750 shares at $108.97 during a trade that took place back on Jun 05 ’25, which means that CATOGGIO NICOLAS is holding 43,751 shares at $190,702 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for POST
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.29 for the gross margin
The net margin for Post Holdings Inc stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.07. Equity return is now at value 9.15, with 2.86 for asset returns.
Based on Post Holdings Inc (POST), the company’s capital structure generated 0.64 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.14. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.81. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.4.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.27 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.96. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.61. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.3for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.62. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.13.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Post Holdings Inc (POST) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
