Brokerages Set Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Target Price at $109.67

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $109.67.

Several analysts have commented on the stock. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Post from $105.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 6th. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Post from $110.00 to $128.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Post from $98.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 5th.

Post Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of POST opened at $105.38 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.61 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 1.99 and a quick ratio of 1.00. Post has a one year low of $78.85 and a one year high of $107.67. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $104.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is $94.50.

Post (NYSE:POST) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 1st. The company reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.62. Post had a net margin of 4.03% and a return on equity of 10.51%. The firm had revenue of $1.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.92 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Post will post 5.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Thomas C. Erb bought 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 7th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $104.24 per share, with a total value of $104,240.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 33,475 shares in the company, valued at $3,489,434. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other news, Director Thomas C. Erb bought 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 7th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $104.24 per share, with a total value of $104,240.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 33,475 shares in the company, valued at $3,489,434. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $104.11, for a total transaction of $31,233.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,992 shares in the company, valued at $7,807,417.12. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 10.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC increased its holdings in shares of Post by 3.9% during the third quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 6,855 shares of the company’s stock worth $588,000 after purchasing an additional 257 shares during the period. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Post by 21.0% during the 3rd quarter. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC now owns 3,443 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,000 after acquiring an additional 598 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its position in shares of Post by 24.0% during the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 22,711 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,947,000 after acquiring an additional 4,393 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates boosted its position in shares of Post by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 396,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,984,000 after acquiring an additional 40,567 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its position in shares of Post by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 22,755 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,951,000 after acquiring an additional 1,014 shares in the last quarter. 94.85% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.