Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) CEO Sells $572,500.00 in Stock

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 5,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.50, for a total transaction of $572,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 50,501 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,782,364.50. This represents a 9.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Nicolas Catoggio also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, February 25th, Nicolas Catoggio sold 5,000 shares of Post stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.50, for a total value of $582,500.00.

Post Price Performance

Post stock traded down $1.66 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $112.74. 563,899 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 490,286. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $110.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $113.04. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $99.62 and a 52-week high of $125.84. The company has a market cap of $6.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.57 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 2.39.

Post (NYSE:POST) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 10.48%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Post from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Post has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $127.17.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Post

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in Post in the fourth quarter worth $288,000. Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Post in the 4th quarter worth about $1,138,000. Vident Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 3,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $395,000 after purchasing an additional 163 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its position in shares of Post by 116.5% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 5,710 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,000 after purchasing an additional 40,310 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Teza Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Post during the 4th quarter valued at about $880,000. Institutional investors own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Post Company Profile

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.