profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Post Holdings
$81.18+1.96% today
-23.7% in 1 year
1-year low $72.541-year high $114.61
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.63 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Post Holdings sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.85 billion in 2022 to $8.16 billion in 2025, with $336 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Post Holdings handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $709M
Free cash flow 2025$488M
Bought back its own shares$709M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$177M vs. $7.7B
Post Holdings vs. similar companies
Post Holdings grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Holdings | 10.6× · Cheap | ||
 Nestlé | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.0× · Fair price |
Compare Post Holdings with General Mills · Ingredion
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Post Holdings's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,851 | 6,991 | 7,923 | 8,158 | |
| 1,468 | 1,882 | 2,305 | 2,339 | |
| 416 | 641 | 794 | 829 | |
| 1,593 | 1,099 | 1,266 | 1,330 | |
| 757 | 301 | 367 | 336 | |
| 12.09 | 4.82 | 5.64 | 5.51 | |
| 25.1% | 26.9% | 29.1% | 28.7% | |
| 7.1% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 10.2% | |
| 12.9% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 11,308 | 11,647 | 12,854 | 13,528 |
| Cash | 587 | 93 | 787 | 177 |
| Total debt | 6,097 | 6,233 | 7,061 | 7,701 |
| Total liabilities | 7,736 | 7,795 | 8,753 | 9,765 |
| 3,254 | 3,842 | 4,091 | 3,753 | |
| 63 | 67 | 67 | 63 | |
| 10.2% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.6% | |
| 23.3% | 7.8% | 9.0% | 8.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 383 | 750 | 932 | 998 | |
| 255 | 303 | 430 | 510 | |
| 127 | 447 | 502 | 488 | |
| Dividends paid | 547 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 443 | 387 | 351 | 709 | |
| 66 | 77 | 84 | 82 |
Valuation
- 10.6×
- 11.0×
- –
- 1.0×
- 0.4×
- 7.3×
- 8.3×
- 13.7%
- 9.4%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 28.7%
- 10.2%
- 4.1%
- 17.0%
- 5.7%
- 6.9%
- 9.4%
- 2.6%
- 7.6%
- –
Growth
- +11.7%
- −23.0%
- −2.8%
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 5.7×
- 2.05
- 58.8%
- 2.2×
- 1.67
- 1.03
- 0.65
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 22%of 669
Top 50%of 672
Top 17%of 623
Top 20%of 671
Top 12%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $119.50
- Range
- $110.00 – $129.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 1.94 | 1.73 | +12.1% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 2.13 | 1.66 | +28.3% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2.09 | 1.87 | +11.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 2.03 | 1.67 | +21.6% |
| May 8, 2025 | 1.41 | 1.18 | +19.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 1.73 | 1.49 | +16.1% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 1.53 | 1.21 | +26.4% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 1.54 | 1.25 | +23.2% |
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
45No pass
Benjamin Graham
74Pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
39No pass
Charlie Munger
31No pass
Terry Smith
36No pass
Questions about Post Holdings
Is Post Holdings a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Post Holdings AI analysis
What does Post Holdings do?
Post Holdings, Inc. operates as a consumer packaged goods holding company in the United States and internationally. It operates through Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, and Refrigerated Retail segments. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Saint Louis, MO, United States, with 13,180 employees.
Does Post Holdings pay a dividend?
No. Post Holdings does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $709 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Post Holdings stock halal?
No. Post Holdings does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 216% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Post Holdings stock done over the past year?
Down 23.7% over the past twelve months, to $81.18. It traded between $72.54 and $114.61 and is 29.2% below its high.
Who are Post Holdings's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Post Holdings's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.