Post Holdings, Inc. (POST): Price and Financial Metrics
Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)
Today's Latest Price: $96.49 USD
Updated Jan 28 11:12am
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POST Stock Summary
- With a price/earnings ratio of 7,655.66, Post Holdings Inc P/E ratio is greater than that of about 99.79% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
- For POST, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 85.64% of US equities we're observing.
- In terms of volatility of its share price, POST is more volatile than just 4.16% of stocks we're observing.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Post Holdings Inc are ABM, ESRT, CAAS, CNMD, and JVA.
- POST's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Post Holdings Inc's official web site, go to www.postholdings.com.
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POST Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $96.49 | 52-week high | $108.46 |
| Prev. close | $93.01 | 52-week low | $68.97 |
| Day low | $93.00 | Volume | 183,544 |
| Day high | $97.76 | Avg. volume | 378,046 |
| 50-day MA | $97.53 | Dividend yield | N/A |
| 200-day MA | $91.04 | Market Cap | 6.36B |
Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) Company Bio
Post Holdings manufactures, markets, and sells refrigerated, active nutrition, and private label food products in the United States and Canada. The company operates through five segments: Post Foods, Michael Foods, Active Nutrition, Private Brands, and Attune Foods. The company was founded in 1895 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
POST Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $96.49 | $59.11 | -36% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Post Holdings Inc. To summarize, we found that Post Holdings Inc ranked in the 40th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that the most conservative analysis suggests this stock will yield negative results -- and thus may be a potential short opportunity. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for POST, they are:
- The company's debt burden, as measured by earnings divided by interest payments, is 1.01 -- which is good for besting merely 24.12% of its peer stocks (US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector with positive cash flow).
- 48% of the company's capital comes from equity, which is greater than merely 19.21% of stocks in our cash flow based forecasting set.
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 52% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than 80.75% of the free cash flow producing stocks we're observing.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -38% |
| 1% | -37% |
| 2% | -36% |
| 3% | -36% |
| 4% | -35% |
| 5% | -35% |
AGFS, BUD, CHD, CWGL, and MDLZ can be thought of as valuation peers to POST, in the sense that they are in the Consumer Defensive sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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