NYSE:POST - Post Stock Price, Forecast & News

Post trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "POST."

Post Holdings Inc (NYSE:POST) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 21st. The company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.32. The business had revenue of $1.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. Post had a return on equity of 11.90% and a net margin of 2.19%. The business's revenue was down 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Post's Earnings History.

Post is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Post.

8 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Post's shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Post's share price to reach $120.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Post.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Post in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Post.

Media stories about POST stock have trended extremely positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Post earned a daily sentiment score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Post.

Post saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,110,000 shares, a drop of 8.3% from the October 31st total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 577,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Post's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Post include Mondelez International (MDLZ), Tyson Foods (TSN), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Hormel Foods (HRL), MCCORMICK & CO /SH (MKC), Kellogg (K), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), J M Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Seaboard (SEB), Flowers Foods (FLO), Lancaster Colony (LANC) and Sanderson Farms (SAFM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Post investors own include Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Bank of America (BAC), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Ciena (CIEN), China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU) and First Data (FDC).

Post's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.18%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.61%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.73%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.52%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.48%) and Gabelli Funds LLC (0.39%). Company insiders that own Post stock include David P Skarie, Edwin H Callison, Jeff A Zadoks, Mark W Westphal, Robert E Grote, Robert V Vitale and William P Stiritz. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Post.

POST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Barclays PLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Man Group plc, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Country Trust Bank and Gabelli Funds LLC. Company insiders that have sold Post company stock in the last year include Robert E Grote and Robert V Vitale. View Insider Buying and Selling for Post.

POST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC and Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Post stock in the last two years include Edwin H Callison, Jeff A Zadoks, Mark W Westphal, Robert V Vitale and William P Stiritz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Post.

Shares of POST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of POST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.05.

Post has a market capitalization of $7.71 billion and generates $5.68 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $124.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.91 on an earnings per share basis. Post employs 10,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Post.

The official website for Post is http://www.postholdings.com/.

Post's mailing address is 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO, 63144. The company can be reached via phone at 314-644-7600 or via email at [email protected]