What does foodservice segment — impairment of goodwill mean?

The non-cash charge recognized in the current period when the carrying amount of goodwill in the Foodservice segment exceeds its implied fair value. This indicates a significant decline in the expected future cash flows or market competitiveness of the segment's acquired businesses. It serves as a critical signal of potential strategic misalignment or market deterioration.

Post Holdings POST Foodservice Segment — Impairment of goodwill

Other segment segments

Refrigerated Retail Segment

$29.8M—

Post Consumer Brands Segment

$0—

Weetabix Segment

$0—

Similar metrics at other companies

HRLFoodservice — Goodwill and Intangible Impairment

$0—

SYYInternational Foodservice Operations — Goodwill impairment

$0—

DARFood Ingredients — Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss

$20.2M+537%

GHC

GHCOther Operating Segment — Impairment of goodwill

$0—

IFFFood Ingredients — Goodwill, accumulated impairment loss

$1.15B—

TSNPrepared Foods — Goodwill, Impairment Loss

$0—

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

Reported directly by Post Holdings in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment.

The official record: Post Holdings’s 10-K, filed November 21, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Post Holdings's foodservice segment — impairment of goodwill?: Post Holdings (POST) reported foodservice segment — impairment of goodwill of $0 in Q3 2025.
What does foodservice segment — impairment of goodwill mean?: The non-cash charge recognized in the current period when the carrying amount of goodwill in the Foodservice segment exceeds its implied fair value. This indicates a significant decline in the expected future cash flows or market competitiveness of the segment's acquired businesses. It serves as a critical signal of potential strategic misalignment or market deterioration.