Nicolas Catoggio Sells 5,000 Shares of Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Stock

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.50, for a total value of $572,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 50,501 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,782,364.50. This represents a 9.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Nicolas Catoggio also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, February 25th, Nicolas Catoggio sold 5,000 shares of Post stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.50, for a total value of $582,500.00.

Post Stock Performance

Shares of Post stock traded up $2.73 during trading on Friday, hitting $117.10. 779,272 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 494,162. 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 1 year low of $99.62 and a 1 year high of $125.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.29 and a beta of 0.65. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $110.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $113.05.

Post (NYSE:POST - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. As a group, analysts forecast that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS for the current year.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of POST. Creative Planning boosted its position in Post by 13.3% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 2,250 shares of the company's stock worth $260,000 after purchasing an additional 264 shares during the last quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System boosted its position in Post by 1.2% in the third quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 65,742 shares of the company's stock worth $7,610,000 after purchasing an additional 811 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in Post by 780.0% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 704 shares of the company's stock worth $81,000 after purchasing an additional 624 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in shares of Post by 40.9% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 13,640 shares of the company's stock worth $1,579,000 after buying an additional 3,960 shares during the period. Finally, Innealta Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Post by 12.3% in the third quarter. Innealta Capital LLC now owns 1,859 shares of the company's stock worth $215,000 after buying an additional 204 shares during the period. 94.85% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on POST shares. Evercore ISI increased their target price on Post from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $127.17.

About Post

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.