What is Post Holdings's quick ratio?

Post Holdings (POST) reported quick ratio of 1× in Q1 2026.

How has Post Holdings's quick ratio changed year-over-year?

Post Holdings's quick ratio decreased by 27.8% year-over-year, from 1.4× to 1×.

What is the long-term trend for Post Holdings's quick ratio?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Post Holdings's quick ratio has grown at a -11.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.7× to 0.9×.

What does quick ratio mean?

Current assets excluding inventory, divided by current liabilities at the quarter end (the 'acid-test'). A stricter liquidity measure that excludes the least-liquid current asset.

Post Holdings POST Quick ratio

Quick ratio at other companies

Campbell SoupCPB

0.4×0.0×

Cal-Maine FoodsCALM

6.6×+3.3×

General MillsGIS

0.4×-0.1×

Hormel FoodsHRL

1×-0.2×

PepsiCoPEP

0.7×+0.1×

The J.M. Smucker CompanySJM

0.3×0.0×

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

Calculated from Post Holdings’s reported figures.

quick assets/total current liabilities=1×

Based on the most recent quarter.

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 quick ratio?: Post Holdings (POST) reported quick ratio of 1× in Q1 2026.
How has Post Holdings's quick ratio changed year-over-year?: Post Holdings's quick ratio decreased by 27.8% year-over-year, from 1.4× to 1×.
What is the long-term trend for Post Holdings's quick ratio?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Post Holdings's quick ratio has grown at a -11.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.7× to 0.9×.
What does quick ratio mean?: Current assets excluding inventory, divided by current liabilities at the quarter end (the 'acid-test'). A stricter liquidity measure that excludes the least-liquid current asset.