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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.38. The company had revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.47 billion. Post had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 1.72%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.11 earnings per share. View Post's Earnings History.

Post is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Post.

9 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Post's stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Post's stock price to reach $123.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Post.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Post in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Post.

Media headlines about POST stock have been trending very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Post earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Post.

Post saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,590,000 shares, an increase of 23.9% from the January 30th total of 2,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 527,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.9 days. Currently, 4.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Post's Current Options Chain.

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

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), Ciena (CIEN), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU) and Apollo Global Management (APO).

Post's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Route One Investment Company L.P. (8.82%), FMR LLC (3.20%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (2.87%), Bank of Montreal Can (2.75%), State Street Corp (2.16%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.67%). Company insiders that own Post stock include David P Skarie, Edwin H Callison, Jay W Brown, 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 Panagora Asset Management Inc., FMR LLC, UBS Oconnor LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold Post company stock in the last year include Jay W Brown, Robert E Grote and Robert V Vitale. View Insider Buying and Selling for Post.

POST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Maverick Capital Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc., PYA Waltman Capital LLC and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Post stock in the last two years include Edwin H Callison, Mark W Westphal 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 $101.26.

Post has a market capitalization of $7.08 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]