Post Holdings, Inc. $POST Shares Bought by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its holdings in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 21.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,932 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,227 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Post were worth $756,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brooklyn Investment Group increased its position in shares of Post by 232.1% in the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 279 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 195 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Post by 167.2% in the first quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC now owns 358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Post by 200.0% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,000 after purchasing an additional 318 shares during the period. Byrne Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Post in the second quarter valued at $52,000. Finally, Signaturefd LLC boosted its stake in shares of Post by 131.1% in the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 550 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,000 after purchasing an additional 312 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

POST has been the subject of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Post from $122.00 to $131.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Post in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Post from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 15th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Post from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Post from $117.00 to $115.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $130.80.

Insider Buying and Selling at Post

In other Post news, Director William P. Stiritz bought 36,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $109.53 per share, with a total value of $3,943,080.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 4,334,667 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $474,776,076.51. This trade represents a 0.84% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 11.40% of the company’s stock.

Post Trading Up 0.8%

POST opened at $106.68 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.79 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.49. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $107.53 and its 200 day moving average price is $109.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 1.84. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $101.05 and a 12-month high of $125.84.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $2.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.36. The company had revenue of $1.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.95 billion. Post had a net margin of 4.62% and a return on equity of 10.80%. The firm’s revenue was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.54 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Post announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, August 29th that allows the company to buyback $0.00 in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

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.