Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total transaction of $229,180.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 8,741 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,001,631.19. The trade was a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.
Post Stock Up 2.4 %
POST stock traded up $2.73 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $117.10. The company's stock had a trading volume of 779,272 shares, compared to its average volume of 494,699. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 1.64. Post Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $99.62 and a twelve month high of $125.84. The company's fifty day moving average price is $110.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $113.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.29 and a beta of 0.65.
Post (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 10.48%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS for the current year.
Institutional Trading of Post
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,140,299 shares of the company's stock worth $588,359,000 after buying an additional 13,272 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,201,394 shares of the company's stock worth $366,428,000 after buying an additional 70,850 shares during the period. Holocene Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 21.0% during the 3rd quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 1,405,298 shares of the company's stock worth $162,663,000 after buying an additional 244,221 shares during the period. Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 53.4% during the 4th quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,045,306 shares of the company's stock worth $119,646,000 after buying an additional 364,006 shares during the period. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in Post by 403.1% in the 4th quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 986,975 shares of the company's stock worth $112,969,000 after purchasing an additional 790,782 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.85% of the company's stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
POST has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Post from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Post presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $127.17.
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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.
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