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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.47 billion. Post had a net margin of 1.72% and a return on equity of 10.86%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.11 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Post's shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Post's share price to reach $123.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% 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.

News headlines about POST stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Post earned a coverage optimism score of -4.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Post.

Post saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,000,000 shares, a drop of 14.9% from the December 31st total of 2,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 501,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Post's Current Options Chain.

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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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (3.20%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (2.87%), Bank of Montreal Can (2.75%), State Street Corp (2.16%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.67%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.53%). 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 $106.69.

Post has a market capitalization of $7.46 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]