Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. Boosts Stock Position in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST - Free Report) by 8.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 402,272 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 32,134 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. owned approximately 0.69% of Post worth $46,044,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in POST. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its stake in shares of Post by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,699 shares of the company's stock valued at $194,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of Post by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,023 shares of the company's stock worth $346,000 after buying an additional 110 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Post by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,781 shares of the company's stock worth $318,000 after buying an additional 113 shares during the period. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Post by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,408 shares of the company's stock worth $857,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC increased its position in shares of Post by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 6,450 shares of the company's stock worth $738,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.85% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Post

In related news, SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total value of $229,180.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 8,741 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,001,631.19. This represents a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director David W. Kemper sold 8,939 shares of Post stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total value of $989,994.25. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 29,722 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,291,711.50. The trade was a 23.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 36,096 shares of company stock valued at $4,129,355 in the last quarter. Insiders own 11.40% of the company's stock.

Post Stock Performance

Shares of POST stock traded down $0.12 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $111.08. 158,428 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 544,197. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $99.70 and a 1 year high of $125.84. The company has a current ratio of 2.39, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78. The company has a market capitalization of $6.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.30 and a beta of 0.52. The firm's 50-day moving average is $114.33 and its 200 day moving average is $112.82.

Post (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 10.48%. Equities research analysts expect that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on POST. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Post from $122.00 to $124.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $127.50.

About Post

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.