Yahoo · Aug 24, 2026
Post Holdings Stock Plunges 11.8% in 1 Month: Is It a Buy Now?
POST's 11.8% monthly dip reflects weak retail volumes and rising costs, while Foodservice growth and valuation offer some support.
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NYSE · POST
Post Holdings, Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
$81.07
Down-$1.29 (-1.57%)
Updated Sep 10, 2026, 10:05 AM
SID Score
4.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 5.47B
- P/E ratio
- 15.73
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $75.40 – $117.28
- Volume
- 878.37K
- Avg. volume
- 855.1K
Price performance
POST price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
POST closed at $81.07 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.61% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $81.07
- Period change
- +0.61%
- Period low
- $78.52
- Period high
- $85.35
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $81.92 | $82.63 | $80.76 | $81.07 | 878.37K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $84.39 | $84.39 | $82.13 | $82.36 | 1.12M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $83.42 | $85.175 | $83.285 | $84.64 | 823.44K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $84.45 | $85.11 | $83.44 | $84.26 | 652.67K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $83.76 | $86.41 | $83.64 | $84.32 | 1.34M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $83.19 | $84.9399 | $83.19 | $83.59 | 850.57K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $84.91 | $85.95 | $83.21 | $83.36 | 876.37K |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $81.73 | $85.45 | $81.73 | $85.35 | 887.09K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $80.70 | $82.99 | $79.645 | $81.49 | 990.82K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $81.44 | $83.41 | $80.85 | $81.97 | 607.92K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $81.90 | $82.29 | $80.35 | $81.06 | 709.24K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $81.00 | $83.4575 | $80.70 | $82.38 | 777K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $78.70 | $80.87 | $78.595 | $80.50 | 874.94K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $78.53 | $79.32 | $77.14 | $78.52 | 1.01M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $80.33 | $81.43 | $78.74 | $78.85 | 905.32K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $80.54 | $81.00 | $79.11 | $79.82 | 1.17M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $79.85 | $80.60 | $78.725 | $79.35 | 892.93K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $80.36 | $81.435 | $79.5601 | $80.95 | 650.11K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $81.14 | $81.8535 | $80.00 | $80.54 | 708.32K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $77.32 | $80.59 | $76.985 | $80.58 | 829.39K |
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Company profile
Post Holdings Inc. is a consumer packaged goods holding company with products sold through grocery, club, and drug stores, mass merchandisers, foodservice, food ingredient, and eCommerce. It operates through four reportable segments: Post Consumer Brands, focused on North American ready-to-eat cereal and granola, pet food, and nut butters; Weetabix, focused on U.K. ready-to-eat cereal, muesli, and protein-based shakes; Foodservice, focused on egg and potato products; and Refrigerated Retail, focused on side dish, egg, cheese, and sausage products. Products are sold across channels, including retailers, wholesalers, convenience stores, pet supply retailers, drug store customers, military and national restaurant chains, with revenues largely generated in the U.S.
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- $120.20
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
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Yahoo · Aug 24, 2026
Post Holdings Q3 Earnings Beat: Can Foodservice Drive 2027?
POST beats Q3 earnings estimates as Foodservice strengthened, but fiscal 2027 EBITDA is expected to remain generally flat.
Yahoo · Aug 24, 2026
Post Holdings Stock: Buy, Hold or Wait as Growth Meets Value
POST's low valuation and Foodservice growth offer support, but weak retail volumes, inflation and financing costs temper the case.
Yahoo · Aug 15, 2026
The 5 Most Interesting Analyst Questions From Post’s Q2 Earnings Call
Post’s second quarter results were met with a pronounced negative market reaction, as the company reported a year-on-year decline in sales and missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations. Management attributed the shortfall primarily to volume declines in its core retail businesses and heightened cost pressures, particularly in categories such as refrigerated retail and pet food. Chief Operating Officer Nicolas Catoggio pointed to ongoing challenges in the ready-to-eat cereal and pet segments, not
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