Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Receives $128.00 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) has been given a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" by the six analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $128.00.

POST has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Post from $124.00 to $120.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 12th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Mizuho reduced their target price on Post from $133.00 to $127.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.50, for a total transaction of $572,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 50,501 shares in the company, valued at $5,782,364.50. This represents a 9.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total transaction of $229,180.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 8,741 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,001,631.19. This trade represents a 18.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 11.40% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brooklyn Investment Group increased its holdings in shares of Post by 232.1% during the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 279 shares of the company's stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its holdings in shares of Post by 68.4% during the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 352 shares of the company's stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the period. Millstone Evans Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Post by 167.2% during the first quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC now owns 358 shares of the company's stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the period. True Wealth Design LLC increased its holdings in shares of Post by 281.2% during the fourth quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 385 shares of the company's stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 284 shares during the period. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Post by 200.0% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 477 shares of the company's stock worth $56,000 after purchasing an additional 318 shares during the period. 94.85% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Post Stock Performance

Shares of Post stock traded up $0.77 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $110.57. The company's stock had a trading volume of 414,882 shares, compared to its average volume of 550,690. Post has a one year low of $99.70 and a one year high of $125.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 2.39. The firm has a market cap of $6.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.22 and a beta of 0.50. The business's fifty day moving average price is $112.89 and its 200-day moving average price is $112.60.

Post (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.98 billion. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.51 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Post will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current year.

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.