Yousif Capital Management LLC Has $1.92 Million Position in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

Yousif Capital Management LLC decreased its stake in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 5.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 16,523 shares of the company’s stock after selling 873 shares during the period. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Post were worth $1,923,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in Post by 41.3% during the 4th quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 3,949 shares of the company’s stock valued at $452,000 after purchasing an additional 1,155 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Post by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $346,000 after buying an additional 110 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc. raised its stake in Post by 10.6% during the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 2,041 shares of the company’s stock worth $234,000 after buying an additional 195 shares during the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lifted its holdings in Post by 10.4% in the fourth quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 19,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,178,000 after buying an additional 1,785 shares during the period. Finally, CIBC Asset Management Inc bought a new stake in Post during the fourth quarter valued at $206,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Post from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 11th. Mizuho decreased their target price on Post from $133.00 to $127.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Post from $130.00 to $131.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Post from $124.00 to $120.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Post presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $130.50.

Insider Activity at Post

In other Post news, Director William P. Stiritz purchased 186,740 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $109.11 per share, with a total value of $20,375,201.40. Following the transaction, the director now owns 4,298,667 shares in the company, valued at $469,027,556.37. The trade was a 4.54% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 1,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.97, for a total value of $190,697.50. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 43,751 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,767,546.47. This represents a 3.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 11.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Post Stock Down 1.2%

POST stock opened at $112.23 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $111.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $112.42. The company has a market cap of $6.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.49 and a beta of 0.49. 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 fifty-two week low of $100.19 and a fifty-two week high of $125.84.

Post (NYSE:POST) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.23. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. The firm had revenue of $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.98 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.51 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts expect that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Post 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.