What is Post Holdings's shares (basic)?

Post Holdings (POST) reported shares (basic) of 47.9M in Q1 2026.

How has Post Holdings's shares (basic) changed year-over-year?

Post Holdings's shares (basic) decreased by 15.1% year-over-year, from 56.4M to 47.9M.

What is the long-term trend for Post Holdings's shares (basic)?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Post Holdings's shares (basic) has grown at a -3.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 257.7M to 226.5M.

What does shares (basic) mean?

The time-weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, used as the denominator for basic EPS calculations.

Post Holdings POST Shares (Basic)

Shares (Basic) at other companies

Campbell SoupCPB

298M0.0%

Cal-Maine FoodsCALM

47.3M-3.1%

Hormel FoodsHRL

550.6M+0.1%

PepsiCoPEP

1.4B-0.4%

Lamb WestonLW

139M-2.0%

Albertsons CompaniesACI

545.2M-6.0%

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$4.03B-27.9%

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:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic.

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 shares (basic)?: Post Holdings (POST) reported shares (basic) of 47.9M in Q1 2026.
How has Post Holdings's shares (basic) changed year-over-year?: Post Holdings's shares (basic) decreased by 15.1% year-over-year, from 56.4M to 47.9M.
What is the long-term trend for Post Holdings's shares (basic)?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Post Holdings's shares (basic) has grown at a -3.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 257.7M to 226.5M.
What does shares (basic) mean?: The time-weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, used as the denominator for basic EPS calculations.