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Post Holdings, Inc is a packaged foods business based in the US. Post Holdings shares (POST.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $102.52 – an increase of 1.91% over the previous week. Post Holdings employs 10,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.7 billion.
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- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: POST in this case.
- Research Post Holdings shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Post Holdings shares. It's that simple.
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What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in Post Holdings?
- Has coronavirus impacted Post Holdings shares?
- Post Holdings shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Post Holdings stock a buy or sell?
- Post Holdings performance over time
- Can I short Post Holdings shares?
- Are Post Holdings shares over-valued?
- Post Holdings's financials
- How volatile are Post Holdings shares?
- Does Post Holdings pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
How has Coronavirus impacted Post Holdings's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Post Holdings's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was $102.52, which is 2.38% down on its pre-crash value of $105.02 and 48.64% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $68.97.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Post Holdings shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $682.59 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $978.04.
Post Holdings share price
Use our graph to track the performance of POST stocks over time.Post Holdings shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-11-27.
| Latest market close | $102.52 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $68.97 - $112.38 |
| 50-day moving average | $93.2961 |
| 200-day moving average | $89.0395 |
| Wall St. target price | $107.17 |
| PE ratio | 9532 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.01 |
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Is it a good time to buy Post Holdings stock?
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Post Holdings price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $102.52
| 1 week (2021-01-08) | 1.83% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-12-17) | 3.72% |
| 3 months (2020-10-16) | 10.05% |
| 6 months (2020-07-17) | 16.04% |
| 1 year (2020-01-17) | -8.51% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-01-17) | 1.42% |
| 3 years (2018-01-17) | 28.09% |
| 5 years (2016-01-15) | 81.71% |
Is Post Holdings under- or over-valued?
Valuing Post Holdings stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Post Holdings's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Post Holdings's P/E ratio
Post Holdings's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9532x. In other words, Post Holdings shares trade at around 9532x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Post Holdings's PEG ratio
Post Holdings's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4779. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Post Holdings's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Post Holdings's EBITDA
Post Holdings's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.1 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Post Holdings's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Post Holdings financials
| Revenue TTM | $5.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 12.25% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.62% |
| Return on equity TTM | 1.01% |
| Profit margin | 0.01% |
| Book value | $42.989 |
| Market capitalisation | $6.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Post Holdings shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "POST.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 2.4 million Post Holdings shares held short by investors – that's known as Post Holdings's "short interest". This figure is 22.3% down from 3.1 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Post Holdings shares can be evaluated.
Post Holdings's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Post Holdings's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Post Holdings shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Post Holdings shares traded daily (recently around 340589.75817923). Post Holdings's SIR currently stands at 7.03. In other words for every 100,000 Post Holdings shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7030 shares are currently held short.
However Post Holdings's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Post Holdings shares, or, against the total number of tradable Post Holdings shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Post Holdings's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Post Holdings shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.039% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Post Holdings shares, roughly 39 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Post Holdings.
Find out more about how you can short Post Holdings stock.
Post Holdings share dividends
We're not expecting Post Holdings to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
Post Holdings share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Post Holdings's shares have ranged in value from as little as $68.97 up to $112.38. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Post Holdings's is 0.7086. This would suggest that Post Holdings's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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Post Holdings overview
Post Holdings, Inc. operates as a consumer packaged goods holding company in the United States and internationally. It operates through five segments: Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, Refrigerated Retail, and BellRing Brands. The Post Consumer Brands segment manufactures, markets, and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal and hot cereal products. The Weetabix segment primarily markets and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal, hot cereals and other cereal-based food products, breakfast drinks, and muesli. The Foodservice segment produces and distributes egg and potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels. The Refrigerated Retail segment produces and distributes side dishes, eggs and egg products, cheese, sausages, and other refrigerated products to retail customers. The BellRing Brands segment markets and distributes ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes, other RTD beverages, powders, nutrition bars, and supplements. Post Holdings, Inc. sells its products primarily to grocery stores, mass merchandise customers, supercenters, club stores, natural/specialty stores, and drug store customers; military, e-commerce, and foodservice channels; discounters, wholesalers, and convenience stores; foodservice distributors, restaurant chains, and food manufacturers and processors; online and specialty retailers, supplement stores, and distributors; and food ingredient customers. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
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