POST's Quality Score rose 1 point on Fri, Oct 30, to 1. Buying volume reached a 20-day high.
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Up 3.0% today, more than its staples peers' 1.6%; no story names it yet.
Lags the market
Up 3% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%.
“Cereal and granola product sales were down $97.9 million, or 4%, driven by 4% lower volumes primarily related to category declines”
| Holding it back | Below its 200-day since May |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 16 |
TodayNo story names it yet.
Fri Nov 20: Q4 2026 Earnings Conference CallDate confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.8% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
POST is #2 of 4 by Quality Score among Grain Mill Products.
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: POST +6.2%, GIS -4.5%, FRPT +13%.
Reports Thu Nov 19, after the close (in 17 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
POST's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Capital expenditures | $370M to $390M |
“As a result, management’s preliminary fiscal year 2027 outlook is generally flat versus this comparable Adjusted EBITDA level of approximately $1.48 billion.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Aug 6)
Sales grew 12% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2019 to 2024.
Its share count fell 1.8% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -5.3% | -12.8% | -10.7% |
| May 7, 2026 | -6.3% | -0.9% | -0.2% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +5.3% | +9.8% | +5.8% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $8.2B in 2024. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
2 insiders sold $32.9M across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
One trade disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: POST is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Post Holdings Inc. is a consumer packaged goods holding company with products sold through grocery, club, and drug stores, mass merchandisers, foodservice, food ingredient, and eCommerce. It operates through four reportable segments: Post Consumer Brands, focused on North American ready-to-eat cereal and granola, pet food, and nut butters; Weetabix, focused on U.K. ready-to-eat cereal, muesli, and protein-based shakes; Foodservice, focused on egg and potato products; and Refrigerated Retail, focused on side dish, egg, cheese, and sausage products. Products are sold across channels, including retailers, wholesalers, convenience stores, pet supply retailers, drug store customers, military and national restaurant chains, with revenues largely generated in the U.S.
“The human and pet food categories in which we operate are highly competitive.”
POST scores 1 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #2 of 4 in Grain Mill Products by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 3% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
POST scores 1 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #2 of 4 in Grain Mill Products by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind POST's 1.
2 insiders sold $32.9M across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is William P. Stiritz, Insider, who sold $23.4M on Sep 2. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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