Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Shares Acquired by Natixis Advisors LLC

Natixis Advisors LLC grew its position in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 67.8% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 124,538 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 50,324 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Post were worth $12,972,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. BOKF NA raised its holdings in shares of Post by 1.7% in the 1st quarter. BOKF NA now owns 5,826 shares of the company’s stock valued at $614,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC grew its position in shares of Post by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC now owns 4,615 shares of the company’s stock valued at $406,000 after buying an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its position in shares of Post by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 5,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $521,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. grew its position in shares of Post by 12.8% in the 2nd quarter. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. now owns 1,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp grew its position in shares of Post by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,139 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,000 after buying an additional 146 shares during the last quarter. 94.85% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Post

In other news, Director Thomas C. Erb bought 2,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 13th. The stock was bought at an average price of $112.94 per share, for a total transaction of $225,880.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 35,475 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,006,546.50. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 10.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on POST. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Post from $118.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 6th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Post from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Post from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Finally, Evercore ISI increased their target price on shares of Post from $122.00 to $123.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $124.33.

Post Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of Post stock opened at $118.29 on Thursday. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $78.85 and a 1 year high of $118.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 2.05. The company has a market capitalization of $6.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.66 and a beta of 0.63. The company’s fifty day moving average is $110.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $106.41.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.33. Post had a net margin of 4.46% and a return on equity of 10.91%. The company had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.02 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.52 EPS. Post’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 5.95 earnings per share for the current year.

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.