Post (NYSE:POST) Sets New 52-Week Low – What’s Next?

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)’s share price reached a new 52-week low during trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $75.40 and last traded at $75.6860, with a volume of 275822 shares. The stock had previously closed at $76.57.

Key Post News

Here are the key news stories impacting Post this week:

• Positive Sentiment: An analysis argues that Post Holdings is an overlooked, inexpensive food stock, highlighting potential value at its current valuation and the defensive nature of its branded-food portfolio. This could support the shares if investors begin focusing on cash flow and valuation rather than slowing growth. Post Holdings: A Cheap Food Stock The Market Keeps Ignoring
• Positive Sentiment: Another article contends that the projected 2027 earnings decline may look worse than it actually is, suggesting that comparisons, temporary pressures or investment spending could make the expected drop less concerning. The thesis may reduce worries about the company’s longer-term earnings power. Post Holdings: The 2027 Earnings Decline Looks Worse Than It Is
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market sentiment improved modestly, with the Nasdaq posting gains, but investors remained cautious amid continued “fear” readings and mixed performance across major indexes. This provides limited support for POST and does not address company-specific concerns. Nasdaq Gains Over 100 Points, Posts Weekly Gain
• Negative Sentiment: The company’s latest reported quarter remains a headwind: revenue fell short of estimates and declined year over year, while EPS was below the prior-year period despite beating the consensus forecast. With analysts expecting roughly $7.56 in full-year EPS, investors may remain focused on slowing sales and the prospect of future earnings contraction.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on POST. Barclays dropped their price objective on Post from $106.00 to $95.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Post from $116.00 to $99.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $125.00 price target on Post in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $117.00 price objective on shares of Post in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Post from $98.00 to $86.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Post has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $109.00.

Post Trading Down 1.3%

The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $84.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $92.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.47, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.89 and a beta of 0.37.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $1.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.08. Post had a return on equity of 13.22% and a net margin of 3.48%.The firm had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.03 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts expect that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 7.56 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Post

In related news, Chairman William P. Stiritz sold 277,935 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.23, for a total value of $23,410,465.05. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 14.05% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Post by 3.9% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,071,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $303,678,000 after purchasing an additional 114,677 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Post during the 4th quarter worth approximately $113,660,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Post by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 880,993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,282,000 after purchasing an additional 8,906 shares during the last quarter. Diamond Hill Capital Management LLC Investment Advisor bought a new position in Post in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $54,599,000. Finally, Junto Capital Management LP boosted its position in Post by 44.6% in the second quarter. Junto Capital Management LP now owns 589,457 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,025,000 after buying an additional 181,849 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Post Company Profile

Post Holdings, Inc is a consumer packaged goods company that develops, manufactures and markets branded and private-label food products. Its portfolio includes ready-to-eat cereal, hot cereal, pet food, protein products, peanut butter, and other grocery items sold through retail and e-commerce channels.

The company operates through several businesses, including Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice and Refrigerated Retail. Its brands include Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, Grape-Nuts, Raisin Bran, Malt-O-Meal, Weetabix, Alpen, Bob Evans and Simply Potatoes.