Schroder Investment Management Group Has $30.45 Million Stake in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 5.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 268,232 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,022 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group owned approximately 0.46% of Post worth $30,447,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust lifted its position in shares of Post by 6.5% in the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,699 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC lifted its position in Post by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $346,000 after buying an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Post by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,000 after buying an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Post by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $857,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its holdings in shares of Post by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 6,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $738,000 after acquiring an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CAO Diedre J. Gray sold 15,157 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.80, for a total value of $1,755,180.60. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 19,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,237,835. This represents a 43.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total value of $229,180.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 8,741 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,001,631.19. The trade was a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 36,096 shares of company stock valued at $4,129,355 over the last ninety days. 11.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently issued reports on POST. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Post from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. One investment analyst has 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 $127.17.

Post Price Performance

Shares of NYSE POST opened at $117.03 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $111.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $112.73. The company has a market cap of $6.61 billion, a PE ratio of 19.28 and a beta of 0.65. Post Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $99.62 and a twelve month high of $125.84.

Post (NYSE:POST) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 4.94%. On average, analysts predict that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 EPS 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.