How to buy Post stock (POST)

Post is a packaged foods business based in the US. Post shares (POST) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $114.85 – a decrease of 1.95% over the previous week. Post employs 11,430 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.9 billion.

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Post stock price (NYSE: POST)

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Post shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$114.85
52-week range	$87.53 - $125.84
50-day moving average more info button	$113.78
200-day moving average more info button	$109.39
Wall St. target price	$126.80
PE ratio more info button	20.3918
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$5.64

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Post price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $114.37 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.36%
1 month (2024-11-21)	1.28%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-0.10%
6 months (2024-06-20)	11.82%

1 year (2023-12-20)	31.23%
2 years (2022-12-20)	26.91%
3 years (2021-12-20)	66.99%
5 years (2019-12-20)	61.50%

Is Post stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Post stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Post's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Post's P/E ratio

Post's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 20x. In other words, Post shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Post's PEG ratio

Post's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1893. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Post's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Post's EBITDA

Post's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.3 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Post's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Post financials

Revenue TTM	$7.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	10.71%
Gross profit TTM	$1.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.33%
Return on equity TTM	8.86%
Profit margin	4.46%
Book value	$67.52
Market Capitalization more info button	$6.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Post share dividends

We're not expecting Post to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Post's shares ever split?

Post's shares were split on a 1528:1000 basis on 10 March 2022 . So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1528 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Post shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 34.6% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Post shares which in turn could have impacted Post's share price.

Post share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Post's shares have ranged in value from as little as $87.53 up to $125.84. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Post's is 0.596. This would suggest that Post's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Post overview

Post Holdings, Inc. operates as a consumer packaged goods holding company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four 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) cereals under Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, and Malt-O-Meal brand names; hot cereal; peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand; and branded and private label dog and cat food products under Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits and Gravy Train brand names. The Weetabix segment primarily manufactures, markets, and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal under Weetabix and Alpen brands; hot cereals and other cereal-based food products; breakfast drinks; protein-based shakes under the UFIT brand, and nutritional snacks, such as muesli. The Foodservice segment produces and distributes egg products primarily under Papetti's and Abbotsford Farms brands, as well as potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels. The segment also manufactures certain meat products.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Post is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 19.399% of Post shares are held by insiders and 96.142% by institutions. How many people work for Post?
Latest data suggests 11,430 work at Post. When does the fiscal year end for Post?
Post's fiscal year ends in September. Where is Post based?
Post's address is: 2503 South Hanley Road, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 63144 What is Post's ISIN number?
Post's international securities identification number is: US7374461041 What is Post's CUSIP number?
Post's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 737446104