Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Sells 220 Shares of Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. trimmed its stake in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 4.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,747 shares of the company’s stock after selling 220 shares during the quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Post were worth $543,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Savant Capital LLC grew its stake in Post by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its position in shares of Post by 41.3% in the fourth quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 3,949 shares of the company’s stock valued at $452,000 after buying an additional 1,155 shares during the last quarter. EULAV Asset Management lifted its position in shares of Post by 23.3% in the fourth quarter. EULAV Asset Management now owns 203,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,235,000 after buying an additional 38,400 shares during the last quarter. Iridian Asset Management LLC CT lifted its position in shares of Post by 20.3% in the fourth quarter. Iridian Asset Management LLC CT now owns 206,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,580,000 after buying an additional 34,825 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Silver Oak Securities Incorporated acquired a new stake in shares of Post in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $437,000. 94.85% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on POST shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on Post from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Post presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $127.17.

Post Stock Performance

NYSE:POST opened at $114.67 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $6.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.89 and a beta of 0.65. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $110.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $112.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.39, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $99.62 and a 1-year high of $125.84.

Post (NYSE:POST) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. Research analysts anticipate that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Post news, CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 6,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $121.14, for a total value of $726,840.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 70,501 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,540,491.14. The trade was a 7.84 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, COO Jeff A. Zadoks sold 28,969 shares of Post stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.96, for a total value of $3,475,121.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 67,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,131,848.48. This represents a 29.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 44,908 shares of company stock valued at $5,312,045. Insiders own 11.40% of the company’s stock.

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.