The Short-term Rise and Fall of Post Holdings Inc (POST) Stock

Post Holdings Inc [POST] stock is trading at $112.55, up 6.32%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The POST shares have gain 6.02% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.01%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Post Holdings Inc [NYSE: POST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 09, 2024, when Mizuho initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $110. Previously, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock with Equal Weight rating on December 12, 2023, and set its price target to $92. On October 13, 2023, JP Morgan initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $100 on the stock.

Post Holdings Inc [POST] stock has fluctuated between $99.62 and $125.84 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $135 within the next 12 months. Post Holdings Inc [NYSE: POST] shares were valued at $112.55 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.95% based on the average POST price forecast.

Analyzing the POST fundamentals

Post Holdings Inc [NYSE:POST] reported sales of 7.93B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 0.45%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.79.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 109.30 points at the first support level, and at 106.06 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 114.98, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 117.42.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Post Holdings Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.39. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.64, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.89. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.83, the price to book ratio is 1.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.93.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved HARPER BRADLY A, SVP, CHIEF ACCTING OFFICER, that happened on Dec 05 ’24 when 1000.0 shares were sold. Officer, HARPER BRADLY A completed a deal on Dec 05 ’24 to buy 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, PRES & CEO, PCB CATOGGIO NICOLAS sold 6000.0 shares on Dec 02 ’24.

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