Post Holdings, Inc.

POST Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Post Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $8.2 billion, up 2.97% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−1.83%
EPS
−27.7%
Free cash flow
+69.7%
Total debt
+3.88%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

84.43 0.42 −0.49%
Market cap
$3.7B
P/E
14.2×
Fwd P/E
11.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.46
Beneish M
−2.48
Dividend safety
n/a

Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) Gross margin

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Post Holdings, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 28.8%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (28.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.1% (fiscal 2022) to 31.5% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 28.4% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 28.7% (0.41)
FY2024 29.1% 2.17
FY2023 26.9% 1.84
FY2022 25.1% (3.59)
FY2021 28.7% (2.10)
FY2020 30.8% (0.77)
FY2019 31.5% 1.91
FY2018 29.6% (0.43)
FY2017 30.1% (0.72)
FY2016 30.8% 5.51

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 29.1% (1.16)
Mar 2026 30.2% 0.87
Dec 2025 29.4% 2.56
Sep 2025 26.8% (3.25)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.1% High 31.5%
Ten-year median 29.1%
Current reading's percentile 36

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 42.6%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 32.5%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 32.5%
POST Post Holdings, Inc. 28.8%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 28.1%
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 25.4%
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 24.5%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 23.7%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 7.90%
Packaged Foods industry median 28.4%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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