Post Holdings, Inc. POST

Consumer staples SIC 2040 - Grain Mill Products NAICS Manufacturing › Food Manufacturing derived NYSE

We are a consumer packaged goods holding company with businesses operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice and food ingredient categories. Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise indicates, all references in this Form 10-K to "Post," "the Company," "us," "our" or "we" mean Post Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Post is a Missouri corporation incorporated on September 22, 2011. On February 3, 2012, Post completed its legal separation via a tax free spin-off from its former parent company. On February 6, 2012, Post common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "POST".

•Post Consumer Brands: Includes branded and private label ready-to-eat ("RTE") cereals and granola from the businesses of Post Foods, LLC, MOM Brands Company, LLC, which Post acquired in May 2015, Weetabix North America, which Post acquired as part of its acquisition of Weetabix Limited in July 2017 referred to below, certain private label RTE cereal operations, which Post acquired in June 2021, and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc. ("8th Avenue"), the transactions related to which are discussed below under "Recent Strategic Transactions," peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand, which Post acquired in January 2021, private label peanut butter and other nut butters, pasta and dried fruit and nut products from 8th Avenue and branded and private label pet food, the brands and operations of which Post acquired in April 2023 and December 2023 (collectively, the "Pet Acquisitions");

Last close 80.56 2026-10-23
Market cap $3.54B 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 71.45 - 117.28

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S0.4x
P/E14.6x
P/FCF7.3x
EV/EBITDA8.2x
Dividend yield—
Diluted EPS5.51

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $8.16B$7.92B$6.99B$5.85B$4.98B$4.71B$5.68B$6.26B$5.23B$5.03B
Cost of revenue $5.82B$5.62B$5.11B$4.38B$3.55B$3.26B$3.89B$4.40B$3.65B$3.48B
Gross profit $2.34B$2.30B$1.88B$1.47B$1.43B$1.45B$1.79B$1.85B$1.57B$1.55B
R&D $31.9M$29.0M$22.9M$18.9M$21.9M$19.1M$25.0M$25.1M$18.6M$16.3M
SG&A $1.31B$1.33B$1.08B$904.7M$807.0M$782.5M$911.6M$976.4M$867.7M$839.7M
Operating income $799.3M$793.5M$598.9M$415.6M$487.7M$536.5M$781.0M$573.5M$516.7M$545.7M
Interest expense $361.4M$316.5M$279.1M$317.8M$332.6M$333.9M$322.4M$387.3M$314.8M$306.5M
Pre-tax income $444.0M$472.1M$412.9M$895.3M$214.0M-$45.9M$159.1M$264.7M$74.4M-$30.1M
Income tax $108.7M$105.1M$99.7M$85.7M$58.2M$21.3M$3.9M$204.0M$26.1M$26.8M
Net income $335.7M$366.7M$301.3M$756.6M$166.7M$800.0K$124.7M$467.3M$48.3M-$3.3M
EPS, basic 5.986.125.2112.422.420.011.726.870.51-0.41
EPS, diluted 5.515.644.8212.092.380.011.666.160.50-0.41
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 62.9M66.9M67.0M62.7M65.3M68.9M75.1M75.9M69.9M68.8M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $176.7M$787.4M$117.2M$590.1M$671.6M$1.14B$1.05B$994.5M$1.53B$1.15B
Receivables $735.4M$582.9M$512.4M$544.2M$452.4M$441.6M$445.1M$462.3M$480.6M$385.0M
Inventory $875.0M$754.2M$789.9M$549.1M$476.6M$599.4M$579.8M$484.2M$573.5M$503.1M
Total current assets $2.02B$2.23B$1.48B$2.22B$2.09B$2.29B$2.13B$2.20B$2.62B$2.08B
Property, plant and equipment $2.70B$2.31B$2.02B$1.75B$1.83B$1.78B$1.74B$1.71B$1.69B$1.35B
Goodwill $4.84B$4.70B$4.57B$4.35B$4.50B$4.44B$4.40B$4.50B$4.03B$3.08B
Other intangibles $3.01B$3.15B$3.21B$2.71B$2.92B$3.20B$3.34B$3.54B$3.35B$2.83B
Total assets $13.53B$12.85B$11.65B$11.31B$12.41B$12.15B$11.95B$13.06B$11.88B$9.36B
Accounts payable $624.0M$483.8M$368.8M$452.7M$384.2M$367.9M$395.6M$365.1M$336.0M$264.4M
Short-term debt $1.2M$1.2M$1.1M$1.1M$1.1M$64.9M$13.5M$22.1M$22.1M$12.3M
Total current liabilities $1.21B$944.9M$805.3M$823.8M$1.05B$974.4M$802.9M$792.1M$704.4M$634.0M
Long-term debt $7.42B$6.81B$6.04B$5.96B$6.44B$6.96B$7.07B$7.23B$7.15B$4.55B
Total liabilities $9.76B$8.75B$7.80B$7.74B$9.36B$9.32B$9.01B$10.00B$9.09B$6.35B
Retained earnings $2.12B$1.78B$1.42B$1.11B$347.3M$208.6M$207.8M$88.0M-$376.0M-$424.3M
Total equity $3.75B$4.09B$3.84B$3.25B$2.74B$2.85B$2.93B$3.06B$2.79B$3.01B

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $998.3M$931.7M$750.3M$382.6M$588.2M$625.6M$688.0M$718.6M$386.7M$502.4M
Depreciation and amortisation $524.3M$476.9M$407.1M$380.2M$366.5M$345.0M$379.6M$398.4M$323.1M$302.8M
Stock-based compensation $81.6M$84.4M$77.2M$65.8M$48.7M$43.3M$38.9M$30.9M$23.6M$17.2M
Capital expenditure $510.2M$429.5M$303.0M$255.3M$190.9M$232.5M$273.9M$225.0M$190.4M$121.5M
Investing cash flow -$1.42B-$677.5M-$669.3M-$221.0M-$793.6M-$218.5M$26.7M-$1.68B-$2.10B-$196.1M
Financing cash flow -$188.6M$415.6M-$555.7M-$386.7M-$167.5M-$272.0M-$652.4M$423.4M$2.05B-$4.5M
Dividends paid —————————$14.4M
Buybacks ———$443.0M$397.1M$589.1M$322.1M$218.7M$317.8M$0

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001530950-25-000260.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -2.5B 0 2.5B 5B 7.5B 10B Revenue, FY2016: 5B Gross profit, FY2016: 1.5B Net income, FY2016: -3.3M Revenue, FY2017: 5.2B Gross profit, FY2017: 1.6B Net income, FY2017: 48.3M Revenue, FY2018: 6.3B Gross profit, FY2018: 1.9B Net income, FY2018: 467.3M Revenue, FY2019: 5.7B Gross profit, FY2019: 1.8B Net income, FY2019: 124.7M Revenue, FY2020: 4.7B Gross profit, FY2020: 1.4B Net income, FY2020: 800K Revenue, FY2021: 5B Gross profit, FY2021: 1.4B Net income, FY2021: 166.7M Revenue, FY2022: 5.9B Gross profit, FY2022: 1.5B Net income, FY2022: 756.6M Revenue, FY2023: 7B Gross profit, FY2023: 1.9B Net income, FY2023: 301.3M Revenue, FY2024: 7.9B Gross profit, FY2024: 2.3B Net income, FY2024: 366.7M Revenue, FY2025: 8.2B Gross profit, FY2025: 2.3B Net income, FY2025: 335.7M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $5.03B $5.23B $6.26B $5.68B $4.71B $4.98B $5.85B $6.99B $7.92B $8.16B
Gross profit $1.55B $1.57B $1.85B $1.79B $1.45B $1.43B $1.47B $1.88B $2.30B $2.34B
Net income -$3.3M $48.3M $467.3M $124.7M $800.0K $166.7M $756.6M $301.3M $366.7M $335.7M

Recent filings and events

  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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