Post Holdings POST Ratios & Valuation
| Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 29.1%+0.5pp | 28.5%-0.2pp | 28.7%-0.5pp | 29.2%+0.1pp | 29.1%-0.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 10.1%+0.2pp | 9.9%+0.1pp | 9.8%-0.6pp | 10.4%+0.4pp | 10%0.0pp | |
| Net margin | 4%+0.2pp | 3.8%-0.3pp | 4.1%-0.5pp | 4.6%+0.1pp | 4.5%-0.4pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 16.8%+0.3pp | 16.5%+0.3pp | 16.2%-0.5pp | 16.7%+0.5pp | 16.2%+0.1pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.1%+0.9pp | 5.2%-0.8pp | 6%+0.5pp | 5.5%-0.9pp | 6.3%-1.0pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 9.6%+0.9pp | 8.7%+0.1pp | 8.6%-0.7pp | 9.2%+0.1pp | 9.1%-0.9pp | |
| Return on assets | 2.6%+0.2pp | 2.5%-0.1pp | 2.5%-0.3pp | 2.9%0.0pp | 2.9%-0.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2%+0.2pp | 6%+0.4pp | 5.6%-0.7pp | 6.3%+0.2pp | 6.1%-0.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 7.4×+0.1× | 7.3×+0.1× | 7.1×0.0× | 7.2×-0.2× | 7.4×+0.2× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.9×0.0× | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.7×-0.9× | 2.6×+0.5× | 2.1×-0.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 1×0.0× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×-0.9× | 1.8×+0.4× | 1.4×-0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.9× | 1×+0.4× | 0.6×-0.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 2.4×+0.2× | 2.2×+0.1× | 2.1×+0.2× | 1.8×0.0× | 1.8×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.2×0.0× | 5.2×-0.5× | 5.7×+0.9× | 4.8×-0.2× | 5×+0.2× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.1×0.0× | 2.2×0.0× | 2.2×-0.2× | 2.4×0.0× | 2.4×-0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $59.04-0.6% | $59.40-0.4% | $59.67-6.8% | $64.04+5.5% | $60.71+1.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.74B-7.2% | $5.11B-12.5% | $5.84B-5.4% | $6.17B-6.1% | $6.57B-1.3% | |
| Enterprise value | $12.15B-1.5% | $12.34B-7.9% | $13.39B+7.2% | $12.49B-3.4% | $12.93B+1.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 14×-2.0× | 16×-1.4× | 17.4×+0.5× | 16.8×-1.6× | 18.4×+1.4× | |
| Price / sales | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.5×-0.2× | 1.7×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.5×-0.4× | 8.9×-1.2× | 10.1×+0.7× | 9.4×-0.7× | 10.1×+0.1× | |
| EV / sales | 1.4×0.0× | 1.5×-0.2× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 10.9%+2.4pp | 8.5%+0.2pp | 8.4%+1.3pp | 7%-0.6pp | 7.6%-1.1pp | |
| Earnings yield | 7.1%+0.9pp | 6.2%+0.5pp | 5.7%-0.2pp | 5.9%+0.5pp | 5.4%-0.4pp |
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- What are Post Holdings's profit margins?
- Post Holdings (POST) runs a 29.1% gross margin and a 10.1% operating margin, with a 4.0% net margin.
- Where do Post Holdings's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Post Holdings's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.