Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for POST in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's news centers on Post's standing among consumer-staples peers and an analyst revision. Wells Fargo maintained its Equal-Weight rating on Post while lowering its price target from $86.00 to $79.00, citing potential concerns about near-term performance. Separately, Post was compared head-to-head with Smithfield Foods across earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Post closed at $76.83, up 2.7%, though the stock remains below both its 50-day average of $79.28 and its 200-day average of $93.42, with the shorter average also below the longer one. Shares sit well off their 52-week high of $117.28, with one-year returns down 27.5%. The GekkoIndex reads 58.4, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Against this, Gekko Fair Value stands at $126.28, putting price 39.2% below that level.
The next earnings date falls on 19 November, 37 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. At the last report on 6 August, Post posted EPS of $1.78 against a $1.63 estimate, yet shares reacted with an 11.8% move, and the average absolute reaction across recent quarters has run 5.8%. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged 0.2% across 5 years, rising in 2 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows, and consensus among 6 firms stands at 5 buy ratings and 1 hold, with a consensus target of 104.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Post price vs fair value
Close $76.83200-day averageGekko Fair Value $126.28
Post quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.48B
- P/E ratio
- 13.5
- Forward P/E
- 28.3
- EPS, TTM
- $5.50
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.41B
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.32
- Volume
- 667,532 avg 896,683
- 1-year return
- −27.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.8%
- 50-day average
- $79.28
- 200-day average
- $93.42
- Next earnings
- Nov 19
- Shares outstanding
- 43.96M
Post swing-trade checklist
Post scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $76.83 is below the 50-day ($79.28) and 200-day ($93.42) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
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58.4, Neutral
Reading 58.4 is in the Neutral zone.
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39.2% below
Price is 39.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
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Reports in 38 days
Next report Nov 19, 2026, 38 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+0.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.2% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
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Post stock chart and price history
Post closed at $76.83 on Oct 12, 2026, −27.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $71.45 to $117.28.
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.2%
- 3 months
- −9.7%
- 6 months
- −23.1%
- 1 year
- −27.5%
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About Post
Post operates as a holding company spanning consumer packaged goods, selling both in the United States and in international markets. It is widely associated with cereal, through brands that cover ready-to-eat and hot varieties, alongside muesli and breakfast beverages. Beyond breakfast foods, the company also makes egg and potato-based products, chilled items like side dishes, sausages and cheese, and health-focused goods such as protein shakes, powders and bars.
The business is organized into five segments. Post Consumer Brands handles branded and private-label cereals sold through grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, drug stores, military outlets, e-commerce and foodservice channels. Weetabix markets similar cereal and breakfast products to grocers, discounters, wholesalers, convenience stores and online buyers. Foodservice supplies egg and potato items to foodservice distributors, restaurant chains and other food manufacturers. Refrigerated Retail sells chilled goods mainly to grocery and large retail chains, while BellRing Brands distributes wellness products through club stores, mass retailers, health stores, convenience outlets and distributors.
Post is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri, and traces its founding to 1895. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker POST.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Website
- postholdings.com
Post GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Post’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58.4, in the Neutral zone, down 11 points over five sessions.
58.4Neutral
Down 11 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 40 | +1.0% | +6.2% | ||
| Accumulation | 258 | +0.2% | +0.8% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 365 | −0.4% | −2.1% | ||
| Distribution | 17 | 0.0% | −1.7% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average POST share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Post stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Post trades 39.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $126.28, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Post shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$126.28
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
39.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 15.4% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Post insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Post, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in POST were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Post has been buying back its own shares.
- Latest authorization
- $600.0M, May 7, 2026
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $204.4M
- As a share of market cap
- 5.87%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.19B
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Dec 31
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Post earnings: next date and track record
Post reports on Nov 19, 2026 (38 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 19, 2026
38 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.79
- Revenue estimate
- $2.01B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±5.8%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Post Holdings Q3 FY2026 results came in slightly ahead of expectations, driven by stronger Foodservice performance. The company maintained its FY2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance midpoint while narrowing the range. Post repurchased 4% of outstanding shares in Q3, bringing year-to-date share reduction to approximately 17%. Capital allocation is shifting toward deleveraging due to rising refinancing rates on future debt maturities.
- Guidance
- Management established a comparable FY2027 adjusted EBITDA base of approximately $1.48 billion after $80 million in comparability adjustments. Preliminary FY2027 outlook targets adjusted EBITDA roughly flat to this base, supported by pricing actions, cost savings, and Foodservice line rate growth, offsetting inflation, volume pressure, and divested business impacts.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.78 est $1.63 | $1.95B est $2.02B | −11.8% |
| May 7, 2026 | $1.94 est $1.75 | $2.04B est $2.08B | −1.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $2.13 est $1.66 | $2.17B est $2.17B | +9.7% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $2.09 est $1.87 | $2.25B est $2.25B | −7.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $2.03 est $1.67 | $1.98B est $2.25B | +5.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | $1.41 est $1.18 | $1.95B est $1.98B | −0.4% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $1.73 est $1.51 | $1.97B est $1.99B | +7.4% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $1.53 est $1.22 | $2.01B est $1.97B | −3.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Post stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Post is $104.00, +35.4% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$104.00consensus 12-month target, +35.4% from the last close
Now $76.83Avg $104.00
Low $79High $128
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | Wells Fargo | $79 | +2.8% |
| Aug 10 | J.P. Morgan | $99 | +28.9% |
| Aug 10 | Barclays | $95 | +23.6% |
| Aug 7 | Evercore ISI | $128 | +66.6% |
| Aug 7 | Jefferies | $105 | +36.7% |
−2.1%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+0.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Post seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Post averaged +0.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.9% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +0.5% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, POST’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.8%.
Post market cap and key statistics
Post’s market cap is $3.48B, with a P/E ratio of 13.5 and revenue of $8.41B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.48B
- P/E ratio
- 13.5
- Forward P/E
- 28.3
- EPS, TTM
- $5.50
- Gekko Fair Value
- $126.28
Trading
- Volume
- 667,532
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 896,683
- 52-week high
- $117.28
- 52-week low
- $71.45
- Shares outstanding
- 43.96M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.41B
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Return on equity
- 8.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −27.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.32
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.8%
Post stock news this week
2 headlines about Post from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) and Post (NYSE:POST) Head to Head ReviewDefense World, Oct 6
- POST Maintained by Wells Fargo -- Price Target Lowered to $79.00GuruFocus, Oct 5
Post peers
Post’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| PEPPepsiCo | Accumulation | 17.9% below |
| MDLZMondelez International | Neutral | 18.6% below |
| HSYHershey | Accumulation | 30.0% below |
| IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances | Neutral | 4.8% below |
| SJMJ.M. Smucker | Neutral | 6.4% above |
| MKCMcCormick | Accumulation | 17.7% below |
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Post stock FAQ
What is Post’s market cap?
Post’s market cap is $3.48B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $76.83, with 43.96M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 13.5.
What is the Post stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Post is $104.00, +35.4% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Post stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Post is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $76.83 is 39.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $126.28. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Post report earnings next?
Post is expected to report on Nov 19, 2026 (38 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.79 per share on revenue of $2.01B. Post beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 5.8% on average across the report.
What is Post’s 52-week high and low?
Post’s 52-week high is $117.28 and its 52-week low is $71.45; it closed at $76.83 on Oct 12, 2026, −27.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $125.84 on Dec 13, 2024.
Is Post stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value and earnings risk), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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