Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) Stock

Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) is a Consumer Staples stock trading at $80.45 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $3.65B and a trailing P/E of 10.8. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Post Holdings, Inc. is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating segments that include Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, Refrigerated Retail, and BellRing Brands. It manufactures and distributes cereal and other food products, including ready-to-eat and hot cereal, as well as egg, potato, and refrigerated items, serving grocery, mass and club retailers, foodservice channels, and distributors.

Understand Post Holdings, Inc.: how it makes money

Post Holdings makes and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat and hot cereal and related foods, earning money by selling these products through grocery, mass and club retail customers and also through military, ecommerce, and foodservice channels.

Post Holdings profit is structurally driven by the size of segment adjusted EBITDA coming from Post Consumer Brands, with Foodservice as the next largest contributor, while Weetabix and Refrigerated Retail contribute smaller adjusted EBITDA amounts.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Post Consumer Brands$1.0B
Foodservice$0.6B
Refrigerated Retail$0.2B
Weetabix$0.1B

Business quality (Mixed): Segment detail is provided for four of the five stated reportable segments, and those four segment net sales sum to the provided consolidated net sales, but BellRing Brands segment revenue is not shown in the provided facts.

Valuation: At 15× earnings, POST trades 43% below the Food Products average (26×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Primary earnings driver appears concentrated in Post Consumer Brands: Post Consumer Brands has the largest segment adjusted EBITDA among the provided segment KPI labels (non-GAAP), and it also has the largest provided segment net sales.
  • Breadth of routes to market: The company sells cereal and related products through grocery, mass merchandise, supercenters, club stores, natural and specialty stores, drug store customers, and also through military, ecommerce, and foodservice channels.

Bear case

  • Profit contribution from smaller segments may limit upside: Weetabix and Refrigerated Retail have much smaller provided segment adjusted EBITDA labels than Post Consumer Brands and Foodservice.
  • Margins show limited cushion at the company level: The provided gross margin (30.2%) and operating margin (10.4%) leave less room for adverse cost or pricing moves than higher-margin profiles.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$80.45
Market Cap$3.65B
P/E Ratio10.8
EV / EBITDA7.5
Price / Book1.14
Price / Sales0.43
FCF Yield12.3%
DCF Value (model)$52.12
DCF Upside vs Price-35.2%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$8.16B
Net Margin4.1%
Revenue Growth (YoY)4.7%
EPS Growth (YoY)54.1%
FCF Growth (YoY)115.1%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score1.35 (distress)
Piotroski F-Score6/9 (moderate)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E10.8
Sector P/E (Consumer Staples)26.7
Industry P/E (Food Products)26.1
vs Sector-59.6%
vs Industry-58.6%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderVANGUARD GROUP INC ($512.34M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)8
Company
SectorConsumer Staples
IndustryFood Products
CEORobert V. Vitale
Employees11,480
CountryUS
IPO Date2012-01-27

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.