Post Holdings Inc. (NYSE:POST) finished Friday with an addition of $0.32 to close at $88.30, an upside of 0.36 percent. An average of 750,640 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.90 in the past week, and it reached a new high 13 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 542,140 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 472,310.
POST stock has increased by 1.70% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $83.99 on 07/28/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/06/23, shares of the company touched a low of $80.39 and a high of $98.84 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 6 times so far this year and lost -2.17% or -$1.96 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -10.66% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
POST stock investors should be aware that Post Holdings Inc. (POST) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 68 days ago on Jun 07. In this transaction, the insider spent $34,240. SVP, CHIEF ACCTING OFFICER, HARPER BRADLY A, disposed of 1,965 shares at a price of $86.31 on May 24. The insider now owns more than $169,609 worth of shares. Prior to that, Director SKARIE DAVID P went on to Sale 2,500 shares at $89.74 each on Mar 07. An amount of $224,355 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
Post Holdings Inc. (POST) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.02. The stock’s beta is 0.67. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.87, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 1.50, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 43.81.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Post Holdings Inc. for the three months ended June 29 was 2.00, and the current ratio was 2.70, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 1.68 and a total debt to equity ratio of 1.68 for the quarter ending June 29. Post Holdings Inc.’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 29 is 13.07%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 9.00%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $1.47 billion compared to revenue of $5.85 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Post Holdings Inc.’s return on assets was 7.60%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, Post Holdings Inc. had $6.19 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $89.6 million in the quarter, while revenues of $54.1 million were shrunk -484.04%. The analyst consensus anticipated Post Holdings Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.93 per share, but it turned out to be $1.52, a 63.40% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $264.8 million. Shareholders own equity worth $61.22 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Post Holdings Inc. (POST) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 11 August was 61.80%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 16.87%.
As of today, POST’s price is $88.23 +1.03% or $0.90 from its 5-day moving average. POST is currently trading +2.15% higher than its 20-day SMA and +1.35% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +3.93% above the SMA50 and +1.47% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 78.16% and 77.17%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 1.56. With the 14-day stochastic at 78.65% and the average true range at 1.51, the RSI (14) stands at 58.49%. The stock has reached 1.26 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 1.85.
Analyst Ratings
The consensus rating for Post Holdings Inc. (POST) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell POST, while 2 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 5 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is POST’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $85.00 and $115.00, with a median target of $106.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Post Holdings Inc. (POST) stock is $104.88.
