Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST – Free Report) by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 320,585 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 964 shares during the quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. owned approximately 0.55% of Post worth $36,694,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust increased its position in shares of Post by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,000 after buying an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Post by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $346,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp raised its position in Post by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Post by 1.7% in the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,296 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,076,000 after buying an additional 153 shares during the period. Finally, SkyView Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Post by 2.2% during the third quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $857,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.85% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on POST shares. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on Post from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $127.17.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Post news, CAO Diedre J. Gray sold 15,157 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.80, for a total value of $1,755,180.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 19,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,237,835. This trade represents a 43.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total value of $229,180.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 8,741 shares in the company, valued at $1,001,631.19. This represents a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 36,096 shares of company stock worth $4,129,355 in the last quarter. Insiders own 11.40% of the company’s stock.
Post Price Performance
Shares of POST opened at $112.17 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $110.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $112.96. The firm has a market cap of $6.34 billion, a PE ratio of 18.48 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 2.39. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $99.62 and a 52-week high of $125.84.
Post (NYSE:POST – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS for the current year.
Post Company Profile
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.
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