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POST NYSE Packaged Foods & Meats Financials FY2016–FY2025

Post's revenue rose 3.0% to $8.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 9.8%, down from 10.0% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $488 million, down 2.8%. It paid out $709 million in dividends and buybacks, 145% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 6.0%.

Last close · Oct 23, 2026

$80.56

1.8%
Value it Compare
Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$8.2B
3.0% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
9.8%
0.2 pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
$336M
8.5%
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$488M
2.8%
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
5.7%
0.5 pts
Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
$4.1B
Oct 23 close
P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
14.7x
On $5.47 EPS (TTM)

What Post does

No business description yet.

Legal name
Post Holdings, Inc.
Fiscal year ends
September 30, 2025
Latest annual report
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Accession · CIK
0001530950-25-000260
0001530950

Revenue and margins

Post had $8.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.0% on the year before.

Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF
Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF

Net income and earnings per share

Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS

Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
Return on capital Return on equity Return on assets

Cash flow

Free cash flow was $488M in fiscal 2025, 6.0% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending

Dividends, buybacks and share count

Post returned $709M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 145% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 6.0%.

Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Value Post yourself

Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets — the answer depends entirely on what you put in.

Discounted cash flow

Value per share

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Adds net cash of −$7.3B and divides by 62.9M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.

Earnings multiple

Value per share

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Reference multiples: today 14.7x · peers 22.6x · sector 24.7x.

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Post can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments $665M$587M$93.3M$787M$177M
Debt incl. finance leases $6.4B$6.0B$6.0B$6.8B$7.5B
Net debt / EBITDA 6.8x6.8x5.9x4.8x5.5x
Debt / equity 2.4x1.8x1.6x1.7x2.0x
Interest coverage 1.5x1.3x2.2x2.5x2.2x
Current ratio 2.0x2.7x1.8x2.4x1.7x
Quick ratio 1.5x2.0x0.9x1.6x1.0x
Total assets $12.4B$11.3B$11.6B$12.9B$13.5B
Total liabilities $9.4B$7.7B$7.8B$8.8B$9.8B
Shareholders' equity $2.7B$3.3B$3.8B$4.1B$3.8B
Net debt (− = net cash) $5.8B$5.4B$6.0B$6.1B$7.3B

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.2M

1 insider

Sold, 12 months

$34.9M

4 insiders

Of sales under plans

0%

$0.0M

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 2, 2026 William P StiritzChairman Emeritus Sold 277,935 $84.23 $23.4M Form 4
Sep 1, 2026 William P StiritzChairman Emeritus Sold 106,197 $83.60 $8.9M Form 4
May 13, 2026 Gregory L CurlDirector Sold 6,186 $105.05 $0.6M Form 4
Feb 9, 2026 Gregory L CurlDirector Sold 6,983 $114.31 $0.8M Form 4
Dec 5, 2025 Bradly A HarperSVP, Chief Accting Officer Sold 1,658 $96.69 $0.2M Form 4
Nov 25, 2025 Nicolas CatoggioPres & CEO, Pcb Sold 10,000 $100.21 $1.0M Form 4
Nov 24, 2025 David W KemperDirector Bought 1,800 $97.93 $0.2M Form 4

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.

TestFY23FY24FY25
Net income is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Cash from operations is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Return on assets rose ✕ ✓ ✕
Cash from operations exceeds net income ✓ ✓ ✓
Debt fell relative to assets ✕ ✕ ✕
Current ratio rose ✕ ✓ ✕
Share count didn't rise ✕ ✓ ✓
Gross margin rose ✓ ✓ ✕
Revenue rose relative to assets ✓ ✓ ✕
F-score 5 / 98 / 94 / 9
Accruals ratio −3.9%−4.6%−5.0%
Altman Z'' 1.642.021.71

Similar companies

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don't line up exactly.

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10 years of figures

US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.

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Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue $5.0B $5.2B $6.3B $5.7B $4.7B $5.0B $5.9B $7.0B $7.9B $8.2B
Gross profit $1.5B $1.6B $1.9B $1.8B $1.4B $1.4B $1.5B $1.9B $2.3B $2.3B
Research and development $16.3M $18.6M $25.1M $25.0M $19.1M $21.9M $18.9M $22.9M $29.0M $31.9M
Operating income $546M $517M $574M $781M $537M $488M $416M $599M $794M $799M
Interest expense $307M $315M $387M $322M $334M $333M $318M $279M $317M $361M
Pretax income −$30.1M $74.4M $265M $159M −$45.9M $214M $895M $413M $472M $444M
Income tax −$26.8M $26.1M −$204M −$3.9M −$21.3M $58.2M $85.7M $99.7M $105M $109M
Net income −$3.3M $48.3M $467M $125M $0.8M $167M $757M $301M $367M $336M
Diluted EPS −$0.41 $0.50 $6.16 $1.66 $0.01 $2.38 $12.09 $4.82 $5.64 $5.51
Diluted shares 0.07B 0.07B 0.08B 0.08B 0.07B 0.07B 0.06B 0.07B 0.07B 0.06B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $502M $387M $719M $688M $626M $588M $383M $750M $932M $998M
Capital expenditure $122M $190M $225M $274M $233M $191M $255M $303M $430M $510M
Free cash flow $381M $196M $494M $414M $393M $397M $127M $447M $502M $488M
Depreciation and amortization $303M $323M $398M $380M $345M $367M $380M $407M $477M $524M
Stock-based compensation $17.2M $23.6M $30.9M $38.9M $43.3M $48.7M $65.8M $77.2M $84.4M $81.6M
Acquisitions $94.4M $1.9B $1.5B $0.0M $19.9M $290M $24.8M $715M $248M $920M
Share buybacks $0.0M $318M $219M $322M $589M $397M $443M $387M $301M $709M
Dividends paid $14.4M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Dividends and buybacks $14.4M $318M $219M $322M $589M $397M $443M $387M $301M $709M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $1.1B $1.5B $990M $1.1B $1.2B $665M $587M $93.3M $787M $177M
Total debt $4.6B $7.2B $7.3B $7.1B $7.0B $6.4B $6.0B $6.0B $6.8B $7.5B
Finance lease liabilities $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Current assets $2.1B $2.6B $2.2B $2.1B $2.3B $2.1B $2.2B $1.5B $2.2B $2.0B
Current liabilities $634M $704M $792M $803M $974M $1.0B $824M $805M $945M $1.2B
Inventory $503M $574M $484M $580M $599M $477M $549M $790M $754M $875M
Property and equipment, net $1.4B $1.7B $1.7B $1.7B $1.8B $1.8B $1.8B $2.0B $2.3B $2.7B
Total assets $9.4B $11.9B $13.1B $12.0B $12.1B $12.4B $11.3B $11.6B $12.9B $13.5B
Total liabilities $6.4B $9.1B $10.0B $9.0B $9.3B $9.4B $7.7B $7.8B $8.8B $9.8B
Shareholders' equity $3.0B $2.8B $3.1B $2.9B $2.9B $2.7B $3.3B $3.8B $4.1B $3.8B
Margins
Gross margin 30.8% 30.1% 29.6% 31.5% 30.8% 28.7% 25.1% 26.9% 29.1% 28.7%
Operating margin 10.9% 9.9% 9.2% 13.8% 11.4% 9.8% 7.1% 8.6% 10.0% 9.8%
EBITDA margin 16.9% 16.1% 15.5% 20.4% 18.7% 17.2% 13.6% 14.4% 16.0% 16.2%
Net margin −0.1% 0.9% 7.5% 2.2% 0.0% 3.4% 12.9% 4.3% 4.6% 4.1%
FCF margin 7.6% 3.8% 7.9% 7.3% 8.3% 8.0% 2.2% 6.4% 6.3% 6.0%
Returns
Return on capital 6.6% 4.5% 6.4% 8.5% 4.8% 4.1% 4.4% 4.9% 6.2% 5.7%
Return on capital employed 6.3% 5.2% 4.9% 6.7% 4.8% 4.3% 3.8% 5.6% 7.0% 6.6%
Return on equity −0.1% 1.7% 16.0% 4.2% 0.0% 6.0% 25.2% 8.5% 9.3% 8.6%
Return on assets −0.0% 0.5% 3.8% 1.0% 0.0% 1.4% 6.4% 2.6% 3.0% 2.5%
Growth
Revenue growth 8.2% 4.0% 19.7% −9.2% −17.1% 5.7% 17.5% 19.5% 13.3% 3.0%
Net income growth — — 867.5% −73.3% −99.4% 20,737.5% 353.9% −60.2% 21.7% −8.5%
EPS growth — — 1,132.0% −73.1% −99.4% 23,700.0% 408.0% −60.1% 17.0% −2.3%
FCF growth 10.8% −48.5% 151.5% −16.1% −5.1% 1.1% −68.0% 251.4% 12.3% −2.8%
Share count change 21.3% 1.6% 8.6% −1.1% −8.3% −5.2% −4.0% 6.9% −0.2% −6.0%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA 4.0x 6.8x 6.5x 5.2x 6.7x 6.8x 6.8x 5.9x 4.8x 5.5x
Debt / equity 1.5x 2.6x 2.4x 2.4x 2.5x 2.4x 1.8x 1.6x 1.7x 2.0x
Interest coverage 1.8x 1.6x 1.5x 2.4x 1.6x 1.5x 1.3x 2.2x 2.5x 2.2x
Current ratio 3.3x 3.7x 2.8x 2.7x 2.4x 2.0x 2.7x 1.8x 2.4x 1.7x
Quick ratio 2.5x 2.9x 2.2x 1.9x 1.7x 1.5x 2.0x 0.9x 1.6x 1.0x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 2.4% 3.6% 3.6% 4.8% 4.9% 3.8% 4.4% 4.3% 5.4% 6.3%
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.7% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1.0%
Payouts / FCF 3.8% 161.9% 44.3% 77.8% 149.9% 100.0% 348.0% 86.5% 59.9% 145.3%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 8.0 4.0
Altman Z'' 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.7
Accruals ratio −5.5% −3.2% −2.0% −4.5% −5.2% −3.4% 3.2% −3.9% −4.6% −5.0%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001530950). Data updated October 9, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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