Post Holdings, Inc. POST
Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.36% (safety: no dividend). FY2025 revenue was $8.2B at a 4.1% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.47 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-14 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-14 | BTIG | Neutral (init) |
| 2026-04-08 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-02-09 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2025-12-01 | Mizuho | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.06 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.157 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.059 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.385 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | 4/9 | 1.71 | 12.1 | +3% |
| INGR | Ingredion Inc | 8/9 | 6.28 | 8.4 | -2.8% |
| FRPT | Freshpet, Inc. | 7/9 | 3.57 | 20.3 | +13% |
| AFRI | Forafric Global PLC | 4/9 | -5.81 | — | -35.6% |
| TNBI | Tanke Biosciences Corp | 3/9 | 4.97 | — | +19.8% |
| GIS | GENERAL MILLS INC | 5/9 | 2.3 | — | -5.4% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
About Post Holdings, Inc.
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. 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 brands; hot cereal; peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand; and branded and private label pet food under Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits and Gravy Train brands. The Weetabix segment manufactures, markets, and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal under Weetabix and Alpen brands; hot cereals and other cereal-based food products; private label cereals; and protein-based shakes under the UFIT brand, and nutritional snacks. The Foodservice segment produces and distributes egg products primarily under Papetti's and Abbotsford Farms brands, as well as potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels. The segment also manufactures certain meat products. The Refrigerated Retail segment produces and distributes side dish, potato, sausage products under Bob Evans, Bob Evans Farms, and Simply Potatoes brands; eggs and egg products under Bob Evans Egg Whites and Egg Beaters brands; and cheese and other dairy products under Crystal Farms brand. It serves grocery stores, mass merchandise customers, supercenters, club stores, natural/specialty stores, dollar stores, discounters, wholesalers, convenience stores, pet supply retailers, drug store customers, foodservice distributors, and national restaurant chains, as well as sells its products in the military, ecommerce, and foodservice channels. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
FAQ
Is POST financially healthy?
Post Holdings, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does POST pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Post Holdings, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 0.36% with a None payout ratio, rated “no dividend” for safety.
How profitable is POST?
In FY2025, Post Holdings, Inc. had a net margin of 4.1% and a return on equity of 8.9%.
Is POST overvalued or undervalued?
Post Holdings, Inc. trades at about 14.6× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 7.5×–5621.7×, median 27.9×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for POST?
The average Wall-Street price target for Post Holdings, Inc. is $122.33, about 51.8% above the recent price, from 6 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is POST a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Post Holdings, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 12.1×, a dividend yield of 0.36%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-09-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.