Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) Shares Acquired by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,374 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 191 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Post were worth $560,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Post during the 2nd quarter worth about $27,000. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 487.0% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 317 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 263 shares during the period. New Covenant Trust Company N.A. purchased a new position in shares of Post in the first quarter worth approximately $29,000. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Post by 263.8% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 342 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 248 shares during the period. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in shares of Post by 5,283.3% in the 2nd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 646 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,000 after acquiring an additional 634 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Post news, Director Thomas C. Erb bought 2,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 13th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $112.94 per share, for a total transaction of $225,880.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 35,475 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,006,546.50. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 10.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

POST has been the topic of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Post from $118.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 6th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on Post from $122.00 to $123.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 5th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Post from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Post from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.33.

Post Trading Up 0.4 %

NYSE POST opened at $115.65 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $78.85 and a 1-year high of $118.96. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $113.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $107.68. The company has a market capitalization of $7.01 billion, a PE ratio of 22.15 and a beta of 0.63.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $1.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.33. The company had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.02 billion. Post had a return on equity of 10.91% and a net margin of 4.46%. The business’s revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.52 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 5.95 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.