Post Holdings

US · POST #2442 by market cap Listed 1970

72.54 -0.78 -1.06%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 176s ago · 2026-10-07 19:54

After-hours 72.54 0.00%

Market cap: 3.19B
P/E (TTM): 13.19
P/B: 1.04
EPS: 5.51
Div yield: 0.00%
52W pos: 2%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Weak

Altman Z-Score is 1.29, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +2.97% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 28.68%
Operating margin: 10.16%
Net margin: 4.11%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 10.48B
Altman Z-Score: 1.29

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	6.26B	5.68B	4.71B	4.98B	5.85B	6.99B	7.92B	8.16B
Gross profit	1.85B	1.79B	1.45B	1.43B	1.47B	1.88B	2.30B	2.34B
Selling & admin expenses	976.40M	911.60M	782.50M	807.00M	904.70M	1.08B	1.33B	1.31B
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	698.40M	717.70M	536.50M	487.70M	415.60M	641.10M	793.50M	829.10M
Pretax profit	264.70M	159.10M	-45.90M	214.00M	895.30M	412.90M	472.10M	444.00M
Tax	-204.00M	-3.90M	-21.30M	58.20M	85.70M	99.70M	105.10M	108.70M
Net profit	468.40M	126.00M	1.80M	173.70M	764.10M	312.90M	366.90M	335.80M
Basic EPS	7	2	0	2	12	5	6	6
Diluted EPS	6.16	1.66	0.01	2.38	12.09	4.82	5.64	5.51

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Revenue	1.95B	1.98B	2.25B	2.17B	2.04B	1.95B
Gross profit	545.80M	596.20M	602.10M	638.50M	617.60M	566.30M
Selling & admin expenses	314.80M	312.10M	350.10M	357.30M	326.20M	326.10M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	182.20M	234.60M	198.20M	238.40M	211.90M	189.30M
Pretax profit	82.40M	143.30M	72.90M	124.00M	109.90M	86.60M
Tax	20.00M	34.70M	21.90M	27.30M	28.10M	23.10M
Net profit	62.60M	108.70M	51.10M	97.00M	82.00M	63.60M
Basic EPS	1	2	1	2	2	1
Diluted EPS	1.03	1.79	0.88	1.71	1.56	1.29

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	2.20B	2.13B	2.29B	2.09B	2.22B	1.48B	2.23B	2.02B
Cash & ST investments	989.70M	1.05B	1.19B	664.50M	681.30M	93.30M	787.40M	176.70M
Inventory	484.20M	579.80M	599.40M	476.60M	549.10M	789.90M	754.20M	875.00M
Total assets	13.06B	11.95B	12.15B	12.41B	11.31B	11.65B	12.85B	13.53B
Total current liabilities	792.10M	802.90M	974.40M	1.05B	823.80M	805.30M	944.90M	1.21B
Short-term debt	22.10M	13.50M	88.50M	24.60M	26.60M	23.90M	42.20M	45.80M
Long-term debt	7.23B	7.07B	6.96B	6.44B	5.96B	6.04B	6.81B	7.42B
Total liabilities	9,997,000,000.00	9,014,300,000.00	9,317,700,000.00	9,355,500,000.00	7,735,700,000.00	7,795,400,000.00	8,752,900,000.00	9,764,600,000.00
Total equity	3.06B	2.94B	2.83B	3.06B	3.57B	3.85B	4.10B	3.76B
Retained earnings	88.00M	207.80M	208.60M	347.30M	1.11B	1.42B	1.78B	2.12B

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Total current assets	2.17B	2.64B	2.02B	1.97B	2.05B	1.99B
Cash & ST investments	617.60M	1.06B	176.70M	279.30M	269.40M	265.60M
Inventory	718.60M	772.30M	875.00M	908.20M	911.60M	929.70M
Total assets	12.80B	13.37B	13.53B	12.98B	12.98B	12.85B
Total current liabilities	1.02B	1.02B	1.21B	1.04B	1.11B	1.08B
Short-term debt	1.20M	1.20M	45.80M	1.20M	1.30M	1.30M
Long-term debt	6.94B	7.35B	7.42B	7.46B	7.63B	7.63B
Total liabilities	8,957,700,000.00	9,362,700,000.00	9,764,600,000.00	9,516,200,000.00	9,772,000,000.00	9,763,500,000.00
Total equity	3.84B	4.01B	3.76B	3.47B	3.21B	3.09B
Retained earnings	1.96B	2.07B	2.12B	2.22B	2.30B	2.36B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	718.60M	688.00M	625.60M	588.20M	382.60M	750.30M	931.70M	998.30M
Depreciation & amortization	398.40M	379.60M	345.00M	366.50M	380.20M	407.10M	476.90M	524.30M
Free cash flow	493.60M	414.10M	393.10M	397.30M	127.30M	447.30M	502.20M	488.10M
Dividends paid	-10.80M	--	--	--	-547.20M	--	--	--
Stock buybacks / issuance	-218.70M	-322.10M	-589.10M	-44.60M	-443.00M	-387.10M	-299.80M	-709.00M
Ending cash balance	994.50M	1.05B	1.14B	671.60M	590.10M	117.20M	790.90M	182.80M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Operating cash flow	160.70M	225.90M	301.30M	235.70M	242.30M	213.30M
Depreciation & amortization	125.60M	132.20M	146.20M	152.50M	138.20M	133.50M
Free cash flow	70.20M	94.90M	151.60M	119.30M	151.00M	131.20M
Dividends paid	--	--	--	--	--	--
Stock buybacks / issuance	-200.00M	-59.20M	-274.70M	-376.20M	-335.50M	-204.40M
Ending cash balance	625.30M	1.06B	182.80M	284.70M	271.40M	272.50M

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	15.69	4.07	0.03	5.96	25.24	8.49	9.25	8.56
ROA %	3.67	0.97	0.01	1.36	6.38	2.63	2.99	2.54
ROIC %	7.31	4.29	3.68	4.48	10.83	5.28	5.77	5.38
5-year avg ROE %	-1.61	3.00	4.01	5.39	10.20	8.82	9.85	11.56
EBIT margin %	10.42	8.48	7.93	11.45	20.73	9.90	9.95	9.87
FCF / sales %	7.90	7.29	6.86	6.35	2.18	6.40	6.34	5.98
Current ratio	2.78	2.65	2.35	1.99	2.70	1.84	2.36	1.67
Quick ratio	1.83	1.86	1.67	1.06	1.49	0.75	1.45	0.75
Debt / assets	55.56	59.23	58.87	52.93	53.92	53.51	54.93	56.92
LT debt / equity	237.09	241.50	247.40	238.73	186.55	161.59	171.59	203.96
Interest coverage	1.68	1.49	1.16	1.90	3.82	2.48	2.49	2.23
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	10.42	4.16	-3.40	-7.32	0.99	14.06	16.73	11.72
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	-74.51	-29.08	82.39	622.16	30.05	-23.73
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	12.82	2.82	26.05	-6.98	-32.51	4.40	8.12	56.52

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
ROE %	9.15	9.23	8.56	8.69	9.64	8.29
ROA %	2.86	2.87	2.54	2.47	2.63	2.24
ROIC %	5.81	5.82	5.38	5.58	5.91	5.49
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	9.98	10.20	9.87	9.61	10.05	9.66
FCF / sales %	6.33	5.46	5.98	5.22	6.12	6.57
Current ratio	2.13	2.60	1.67	1.90	1.85	1.85
Quick ratio	1.29	1.72	0.75	0.92	0.90	0.90
Debt / assets	54.27	54.95	56.92	57.45	58.80	59.39
LT debt / equity	181.29	183.82	203.96	215.72	238.83	247.93
Interest coverage	2.39	2.38	2.23	2.11	2.13	1.94
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail

Post Consumer Brands is the largest reported line at 50.01% of revenue, across 5 reported segments.
Foodservice follows at 33.52%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Post Consumer Brands50.01%

Foodservice33.52%

Refrigerated Retail9.47%

Weetabix7.04%

Quote time 2026-10-07 19:54:59 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.