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Freshpet, Inc. (FRPT) vs Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)

Freshpet, Inc. and Post Holdings, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Post Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.7B against $3.1B — 1.2× the size. Post Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.0× against 23.8×. Freshpet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against 6.20%. Freshpet, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs 3.48%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.04% vs 4.83%). Across the 22 metrics below, Freshpet, Inc. leads on 11 and Post Holdings, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric FRPT POST Packaged Foods median
P/E 23.83 14.02 13.08
P/S 2.58 0.45 0.65
P/B 2.53 1.21 1.54
Price to free cash flow 46.19 6.40 8.79
EV/EBITDA 15.94 7.89 8.30
EV/Sales 2.70 1.32 0.93
Earnings yield 4.20% 7.13% 2.17%
Free cash flow yield 2.17% 15.61% 5.52%

Profitability

Metric FRPT POST Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 42.62% 28.82% 28.37%
Operating margin 8.76% 9.60% 2.53%
Net margin 10.90% 3.48% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 5.58% 6.96% 2.31%
Return on equity 10.92% 8.26% 0.00%
Return on assets 7.39% 2.24% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.04% 4.83% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FRPT POST Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.75% 6.20% 3.13%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 183.87% (2.30%) 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.16% 11.61% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 234.64% 0.00%

Health

Metric FRPT POST Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.35 2.47 0.18
Current ratio 5.68 1.85 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 5.35 0.73

Dividend

Metric FRPT POST Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — — 3.82%
Payout ratio — — 0.61

Size

Metric FRPT POST Packaged Foods median
Market cap 3.11b 3.72b 264.57m

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