Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Receives $129.67 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eight analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $129.6667.

POST has been the topic of several research reports. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a $127.00 price objective on shares of Post in a report on Monday, February 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Post from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Post from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 7th. Zacks Research upgraded Post from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Post from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Gregory L. Curl sold 6,983 shares of Post stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.31, for a total value of $798,226.73. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 21,293 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,434,002.83. This trade represents a 24.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 14.05% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in POST. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in shares of Post by 74.2% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 57,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,694,000 after acquiring an additional 24,514 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC increased its holdings in shares of Post by 12.3% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $516,000 after acquiring an additional 487 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth increased its holdings in shares of Post by 11.1% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,287 shares of the company’s stock valued at $382,000 after acquiring an additional 328 shares during the period. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Post by 181.1% in the 1st quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 11,771 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,370,000 after acquiring an additional 7,583 shares during the period. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Post by 42.2% in the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 6,120 shares of the company’s stock valued at $653,000 after acquiring an additional 1,815 shares during the period. 94.85% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Post Trading Down 0.0%

POST opened at $100.28 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $103.00 and its two-hundred day moving average is $102.79. The company has a market capitalization of $4.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.54 and a beta of 0.44. Post has a 52 week low of $94.13 and a 52 week high of $118.93. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.15.

Post (NYSE:POST) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $2.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.47. The company had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.18 billion. Post had a return on equity of 12.37% and a net margin of 3.82%.Post’s quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.73 EPS. Analysts forecast that Post will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current year.

More Post News

Here are the key news stories impacting Post this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Data-driven signals that predict freight demand just posted gains — this suggests logistics activity is increasing. For Post, stronger freight volumes can indicate healthy consumer demand (positive) but also point to tighter transportation capacity and upward pressure on delivery costs (negative), making the net impact mixed. The Two Materials That Predict Freight Demand
• Negative Sentiment: Oil jumped above $110 amid heightened geopolitical risk tied to U.S.–Iran tensions — higher crude typically raises fuel and transportation costs for food manufacturers and raises input/packaging logistics costs, pressuring margins if not passed to consumers. Oil Back Above $110 After Trump Threat to Iran
• Negative Sentiment: Rising gasoline prices (noted in recent coverage of Canadian pump pain) are expected to weigh on consumer discretionary spending; softer consumer traffic or trading-down behavior can eventually hit grocery/cereal categories and private-label demand patterns relevant to Post. Posthaste: Why Canadians will feel the squeeze

About Post

Post Holdings, Inc is a consumer packaged goods company that operates as a holding company for a diverse portfolio of food and beverage brands. The company’s principal activities include the production, marketing and distribution of ready-to-eat cereal, refrigerated and frozen foods, and nutritional beverages. Through its operating segments—Post Consumer Brands, Foodservice, Refrigerated Side Dishes & Bakery, and Active Nutrition—Post Holdings delivers a broad array of products to retail grocers, convenience stores, foodservice operators and e-commerce channels.

The Post Consumer Brands segment features a variety of hot and cold cereals under names such as Honey Bunches of Oats, Shredded Wheat and Pebbles.