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Post Holdings, Inc.

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Post Holdings, Inc.

POST·NYSE·Manufacturing·CIK 0001530950

Post Holdings, Inc. is a consumer packaged goods holding company with businesses in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, and food ingredient categories. The company is a Missouri corporation, incorporated on September 22, 2011. Post completed its legal separation via a tax-free spin-off from its former parent company on February 3, 2012, and its common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "POST" on February 6, 2012. Post operates in four reportable segments. The Post Consumer Brands segment includes branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals and granola from Post Foods, LLC, MOM Brands Company, LLC (acquired May 2015), Weetabix North America (acquired July 2017), and certain private label RTE cereal operations (acquired June 2021). This segment also includes Peter Pan brand peanut butter (acquired January 2021), private label peanut butter and other nut butters, pasta, and dried fruit and nut products from 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., as well as branded and private label pet food (acquired April 2023 and December 2023). The Weetabix segment includes Weetabix Limited (acquired July 2017), which produces and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal, hot cereals, and other cereal-based food products and muesli primarily outside of North America. This segment also includes Lacka Foods Limited (acquired April 2022), which distributes and markets UFIT brand protein-based shakes primarily in the United Kingdom, and Deeside Cereals I Ltd (acquired December 2023), which produces private label cereals. The Foodservice segment primarily includes egg and potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels.

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 11 items for POST at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-06, rated 7/10. Across its 11 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for POST spans 8-K, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Post Holdings Narrows FY26 Adj EBITDA Outlook to $1.56B-$1.57B
  • Post Holdings Narrows FY26 Adjusted EBITDA Outlook to $1.56B–$1.57B and Offers Preliminary FY27 View
  • Post Holdings Beats Q2 EBITDA Estimates, Unveils New $600M Share Buyback
  • Post Holdings Reports Strong Q2 Fiscal 2026 Results with Significant EPS Growth and Increased Share Repurchases
  • Post Holdings Boosts Share Repurchase to $600M, Announces Planned CEO Succession

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
$8.16B
Net Income
$335.7M
Diluted EPS
$5.51
Op. Cash Flow
$998.3M
Free Cash Flow
$488.1M
Gross Profit
$2.34B
Operating Income
$799.3M
Cash & Equivalents
$176.7M
Total Debt
$7.42B
Debt / Equity
1.98×
Net Margin
4.1%
Shares Outstanding
56.1M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-11-21 · accession 0001530950-25-000260

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.18 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 5,888,798 shares in POST as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.9% decrease from the prior period — about 6.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 64.7% of POST volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)5,888,798 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 0.9%
Days to cover6.18 at avg daily volume of 952,225
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)64.7% of 300,197 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume67.8%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$72.56
52-week range · as of 2026-08-06 $72.56 – $117.28
Market cap
$3.19B
Volume
727.8K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 924.5K
Live data · 2026-10-04 15:54 UTC · Market closed

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POST
Aug 06, 2026, 4:26 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $86.75
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$14.19 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Aug 06, 2026, 4:22 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $86.75
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$14.19 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
May 07, 2026, 4:26 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $100.00
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$27.44 (-27%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
May 07, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $100.00
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$27.44 (-27%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
May 07, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $100.00
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$27.44 (-27%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Mar 13, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $98.45
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$25.89 (-26%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Mar 04, 2026, 4:17 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $106.59
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$34.03 (-32%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Mar 04, 2026, 7:26 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $106.66
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$34.10 (-32%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Feb 05, 2026, 5:04 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $104.41
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$31.85 (-31%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Feb 05, 2026, 5:01 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $104.41
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$31.85 (-31%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
POST
Feb 04, 2026, 4:31 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $104.47
Real-time Price: $72.56 info
Change: -$31.91 (-31%) info
Market Cap: $3.19B info
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