What is Post Holdings's net debt?

Post Holdings (POST) reported net debt of $7.41B in Q1 2026.

How has Post Holdings's net debt changed year-over-year?

Post Holdings's net debt increased by 16.5% year-over-year, from $6.35B to $7.41B.

What is the long-term trend for Post Holdings's net debt?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Post Holdings's net debt has grown at a 4.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.1B to $7.55B.

What does net debt mean?

Total debt minus cash and equivalents at the quarter end. The debt that would remain if the company used all its cash to pay down borrowings.

Post Holdings POST Net debt

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '26

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.0B+4.7%

Gross profit$617.6M+13.2%

Operating income$211.9M+16.3%

Net income$81.9M+30.8%

EPS (diluted)$1.56+51.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$271.4M-56.6%

Total debt$7.7B+10.0%

Total equity$3.2B-16.6%

Total assets$13.0B+1.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$242.3M+50.8%

CapEx$91.3M+0.9%

Free cash flow$151.0M+115%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.01B-27.9%

Enterprise value$11.41B-6.0%

P/E11.8×-3.7×

P/S0.5×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin29.1%0.0pp

Operating margin10.1%+0.1pp

Net margin4%-0.5pp

FCF margin6.1%-0.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.6%+0.5pp

Debt / equity2.4×+0.6×

Current ratio1.9×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Post Holdings’s reported figures.

$7.7Btotal debt−$271.4Mcash and equivalents=$7.41B

The official record: Post Holdings’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Post Holdings's net debt?: Post Holdings (POST) reported net debt of $7.41B in Q1 2026.
How has Post Holdings's net debt changed year-over-year?: Post Holdings's net debt increased by 16.5% year-over-year, from $6.35B to $7.41B.
What is the long-term trend for Post Holdings's net debt?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Post Holdings's net debt has grown at a 4.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.1B to $7.55B.
What does net debt mean?: Total debt minus cash and equivalents at the quarter end. The debt that would remain if the company used all its cash to pay down borrowings.