Bradly A. Harper Sells 2,000 Shares of Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Stock

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total value of $229,180.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 8,741 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,001,631.19. This trade represents a 18.62 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Post Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of NYSE:POST opened at $117.10 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.29 and a beta of 0.65. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $99.62 and a 1 year high of $125.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 1.64. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $110.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $113.05.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Post

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of POST. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 13.3% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 2,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $260,000 after purchasing an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System lifted its stake in shares of Post by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 65,742 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,610,000 after acquiring an additional 811 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Post by 780.0% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,000 after acquiring an additional 624 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in shares of Post by 40.9% in the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 13,640 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,579,000 after acquiring an additional 3,960 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Post by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 16,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,875,000 after acquiring an additional 727 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

POST has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. 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 target price on Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price target on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $127.17.

Post Company Profile

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.