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) Return on invested capital

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Post Holdings, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.83%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.54%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.02% (fiscal 2015) to 5.45% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.54% (0.36)
FY2024 4.90% 1.07
FY2023 3.83% 0.66
FY2022 3.17% (0.41)
FY2021 3.58% (0.29)
FY2020 3.87% (1.58)
FY2019 5.45% 1.60
FY2018 3.85% 0.02
FY2017 3.83% (1.48)
FY2016 5.31% 3.29

Against its own ten years

Low 2.02% High 5.45%
Ten-year median 3.85%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 11.2%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 10.0%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 6.14%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 5.54%
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 5.04%
POST Post Holdings, Inc. 4.83%
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 0.29%
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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