POST
Post Holdings, Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · NYQ
$97.17
Close 2026-05-25
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$4.4B
Trailing P/E
16.23
Forward P/E
11.13
Rev Growth
+4.7%
Profit Margin
4.0%
ROE
9.6%
Analyst Target
$120.00
Recommendation
BUY
About Post Holdings, Inc.

Post Holdings, Inc. operates as a consumer packaged goods holding company in the United States and internationally. It operates through Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, and Refrigerated Retail segments. 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 brands; hot cereal; peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand; and branded and private label pet food under Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits and Gravy Train brands. The Weetabix segment manufactures, markets, and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal under Weetabix and Alpen brands; hot cereals and other cereal-based food products; private label cereals; and protein-based shakes under the UFIT brand, and nutritional snacks. 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. The Refrigerated Retail segment produces and distributes side dish, potato, sausage products under Bob Evans, Bob Evans Farms, and Simply Potatoes brands; eggs and egg products under Bob Evans Egg Whites and Egg Beaters brands; and cheese and other dairy products under Crystal Farms brand. It serves grocery stores, mass merchandise customers, supercenters, club stores, natural/specialty stores, dollar stores, discounters, wholesalers, convenience stores, pet supply retailers, drug store customers, foodservice distributors, and national restaurant chains, as well as sells its products in the military, ecommerce, and foodservice channels. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 71.5
Score Quality: 38.2
Score Combined: 50.9

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation100.0
Quality34.7
Cash Flow90.2
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 52.2 · Rank: #1345
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
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Recent Price History
2026-05-25
$97.17
2026-05-22
$97.02
2026-05-22
$97.25
2026-05-21
$97.27
5D Range
May 21
May 22
May 22
May 25
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$11.7B
Price/Book
1.37
Beta
0.364
Analysts
7
Total Revenue (TTM)
$8.4B
Total Debt
$7.6B
Earnings Growth
+51.1%
Rec. Mean
1.86
Short Ratio
7.80
Short % Float
0.2%
Employees
13,180

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 50.9 (P75 — top 24.8% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 6 analysts at Buy.
Price: $97.17 | Target: $122.33 (+26%)
Score
51
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+26%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+4.7%
Profit Margin4.0%
ROE9.6%
Forward P/E11.1
Market Cap$4.4B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $82.59 (-15%) | Entry: $97.17
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($122.33, 6 analysts)
10$971.70+$251.60 (26%)1.7R
50$4,858.50+$1,258.00 (26%)1.7R
100$9,717.00+$2,516.00 (26%)1.7R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (7.80 days to cover)
The Verdict
Post Holdings, Inc. passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

C
Quant Score
41.6
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-2.0%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-2.9%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
-0.27
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-20.9%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

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Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
75
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
BELOW_200
Bollinger Position
NEAR_LOWER
Beta
Relative Volume
2.1x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
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Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
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Seasonality

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Best Day
Friday
Worst Day
Monday
Best Month
Aug
Worst Month
Dec
Fri-Mon Effect
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Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
-6.5%
3M Return
-8.8%
6M Return
-0.7%
12M Return
-12.2%
Momentum Rank
#3487
Momentum Signal
DOWN

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