Yousif Capital Management LLC Sells 494 Shares of Post Holdings, Inc. $POST

Yousif Capital Management LLC lowered its position in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 16,029 shares of the company’s stock after selling 494 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Post were worth $1,748,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Aviso Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Post by 1.0% in the first quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 10,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,195,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Post by 17.7% during the second quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 844 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Post by 2.8% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,960 shares of the company’s stock valued at $577,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Xponance Inc. raised its stake in shares of Post by 3.2% during the first quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 5,608 shares of the company’s stock valued at $653,000 after acquiring an additional 174 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Plancorp LLC raised its stake in shares of Post by 0.6% during the first quarter. Plancorp LLC now owns 31,170 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,627,000 after acquiring an additional 189 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Post

In other Post news, Director William P. Stiritz bought 36,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $109.53 per share, with a total value of $3,943,080.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,334,667 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $474,776,076.51. This represents a 0.84% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 11.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on POST. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Post from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Post from $122.00 to $131.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Post in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Post from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Post from $117.00 to $115.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $130.80.

Post Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:POST opened at $106.05 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $107.53 and a 200 day moving average of $109.33. The company has a market capitalization of $5.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.04 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 2.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $101.05 and a 52 week high of $125.84.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.36. Post had a return on equity of 10.80% and a net margin of 4.62%.The firm had revenue of $1.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.95 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.54 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Post declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 29th that allows the company to buyback $0.00 in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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.