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

81.95 2.77 −3.27%
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) Operating margin

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Post Holdings, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.60%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.80%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.58% (fiscal 2015) to 13.8% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.80% (0.22)
FY2024 10.0% 1.45
FY2023 8.57% 1.47
FY2022 7.10% (2.69)
FY2021 9.79% (1.60)
FY2020 11.4% (2.36)
FY2019 13.8% 4.58
FY2018 9.17% (0.72)
FY2017 9.89% (0.97)
FY2016 10.9% 6.28

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 9.72% (0.65)
Mar 2026 10.4% (0.59)
Dec 2025 11.0% 3.47
Sep 2025 7.49% (4.33)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.58% High 13.8%
Ten-year median 9.80%
Current reading's percentile 36

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 11.9%
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 11.5%
POST Post Holdings, Inc. 9.60%
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 8.76%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 8.74%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 3.40%
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 0.67%
Packaged Foods industry median 2.53%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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