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Post Holdings POST
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Quarterly report 2026-Q3
added 08-06-2026

Post Holdings Financial Ratios 2025-2008 | POST

Brief overview of Post Holdings's financial ratios

Ratios are assessed across five available annual reports in the 2021–2025 interval.

The current valuation set is P/E 16.79x (median 16.79x), EV/EBITDA 11.5x (median 12.29x), P/S 0.69x (median 0.8x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only -6.4%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.

At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 6%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.

Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 8.9%, ROA 2.5%, ROCE 21.3%. Efficiency ratios are restrained, with capital and assets producing modest returns.

On PEG (1.23x), the market prices growth without an obvious discount or excessive premium.

The cash conversion cycle is 45.8 days versus 49.4 days initially. Turnover changed little.

Conclusion

Post Holdings's valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.

Annual Financial Ratios Post Holdings

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

16.8 17.2 16.7 7.2 28.4 5684.2 58.9 12.5 114.5 -1599.7 -31.6 -4.3 92.8 21.6 - - - -

P/S

0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.4 1.1 - - - -

EPS

6.0 6.1 5.2 12.4 2.4 0.0 1.7 6.9 0.5 -0.4 -2.3 -9.0 0.3 1.4 -12.3 0.7 2.9 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

15.2 B 14.3 B 12.7 B 12.6 B 13.4 B 12.7 B 15.3 B 14.8 B 13.1 B 10.5 B 9.05 B 6.64 B 2.98 B 2.52 B 1.29 B 1.28 B -5.7 M -3.2 M

EBITDA per Share

23.6 21.2 16.8 13.1 13.3 12.8 12.4 13.4 10.4 10.1 7.32 4.38 3.95 4.42 - 7.16 - -

EV/EBITDA

11.5 11.2 12.7 15.8 12.3 13.7 15.2 13.6 15.8 12.5 17.7 29.1 18.7 12.9 - 5.2 -0.0 -

PEG

1.23 1.43 3.15 1.35 4.6 434.23 -0.79 0.01 0.51 -19.41 -0.43 0.0 -1.36 0.19 - - - -

P/B

1.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.5 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.9 - - - -

P/CF

5.6 6.8 6.7 14.2 8.1 7.3 17.7 11.8 28.2 13.9 10.6 21.6 16.3 9.5 - - - -

ROE %

8.94 8.96 7.84 23.25 6.08 0.03 4.26 15.32 1.74 -0.11 -3.87 -15.03 1.01 4.05 - 1.19 5.00 -

ROA %

2.48 2.85 2.59 6.69 1.34 0.01 1.04 3.58 0.41 -0.04 -1.25 -4.44 0.44 1.83 - 0.73 - -

ROCE %

21.30 19.40 15.59 12.77 17.78 18.79 6.44 5.81 4.89 6.25 3.18 1.43 3.44 5.34 - 9.25 10.64 -

Current Ratio

1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.8 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.3 4.6 1.7 - 2.6 - -

DSO

29.5 25.2 27.6 31.1 32.8 34.3 28.6 27.0 33.6 28.0 28.8 62.6 29.4 21.5 - - - -

DIO

51.1 50.2 47.8 42.7 55.3 66.0 54.4 40.3 57.3 52.8 48.9 77.6 73.0 54.1 - - - -

DPO

34.7 27.7 29.3 34.8 38.6 42.7 32.8 27.4 30.6 24.0 23.8 39.6 34.2 28.4 - - - -

Operating Cycle

80.6 75.4 75.4 73.8 88.0 100.3 83.0 67.2 90.9 80.7 77.6 140.3 102.4 75.6 - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

45.8 47.7 46.1 38.9 49.4 57.6 50.2 39.8 60.3 56.7 53.9 100.6 68.2 47.2 - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Post Holdings

2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

1.41 1.71 1.87 1.87 1.95 1.95 1.11 1.94 1.66 1.66 1.6 1.46 1.49 1.49 0.98 1.66 - 2.77 8.47 -0.25 - -0.95 1.71 1.24 0.85 0.53 1.24 1.4 -0.84 0.22 1.4 1.85 -0.26 1.41 1.85 4.42 0.07 -0.93 4.42 1.42 -0.58 - 1.36 0.16 -1.21 0.34 0.16 -2.04 -5.86 -0.92 -2.04 -0.15 -0.1 0.03 -0.15 0.23 0.32 0.46 0.23 0.37 -13.94 0.05 0.85

EBITDA per Share

7.16 7.31 7.56 7.56 6.59 6.59 5.46 5.74 5.4 5.4 5.09 5.32 4.3 4.3 3.94 4.12 - 3.3 3.17 2.79 - 4.96 3.42 3.96 11.5 3.89 3.96 4.05 13.8 4.02 4.05 5.81 12.1 4.33 5.81 3.81 9.33 3.97 3.86 2.22 9.68 3.15 2.22 3.08 6.78 2.58 3.08 2.09 3.49 1.19 2.09 1.42 4.22 1.41 1.42 1.43 4.46 2.11 1.43 1.34 4.95 1.33 1.35

ROE %

10.22 10.89 11.05 9.88 9.99 9.80 9.61 10.42 9.74 9.47 9.21 8.33 8.78 11.52 24.30 21.94 19.26 17.34 16.33 4.06 4.87 6.87 10.05 8.82 8.99 4.91 4.20 4.37 5.41 6.99 9.60 10.64 16.38 17.18 11.87 18.49 12.17 10.65 12.90 5.54 2.98 1.77 2.47 0.08 -5.25 -15.40 -17.75 -22.86 -18.52 -5.99 -4.23 -0.13 0.62 1.56 2.61 3.39 3.67 -30.64 -31.81 -31.57 -33.43 0.11 0.85

ROA %

2.62 2.94 3.12 2.86 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.33 3.17 3.10 3.03 2.72 2.79 6.46 5.55 4.64 3.83 3.83 4.71 0.96 1.12 1.59 2.32 2.10 2.26 1.28 1.12 1.28 1.57 1.96 2.56 2.69 3.98 4.17 2.93 4.45 3.16 2.70 3.23 1.79 0.96 0.57 0.79 0.02 -1.52 -4.47 -5.19 -6.72 -5.52 -1.79 -1.24 -0.05 0.25 0.68 1.16 1.50 1.72 -16.29 -16.81 -16.63 -17.61 0.06 0.46

ROCE %

26.58 26.30 25.53 23.39 22.01 21.29 20.57 20.59 20.38 19.24 18.10 17.29 16.35 15.45 14.32 13.40 9.03 16.32 17.93 20.75 17.70 35.98 34.72 35.69 35.83 40.75 41.49 41.63 45.14 38.54 37.81 41.31 37.28 35.24 36.05 32.62 29.86 29.86 27.73 24.34 26.25 17.49 15.50 17.43 14.86 10.52 8.14 5.46 4.99 9.12 10.38 10.27 11.30 14.34 16.10 16.88 16.62 16.79 14.57 14.20 8.78 1.16 2.09

Current Ratio

1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 - 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1

DSO

33.5 31.5 28.6 28.9 31.9 32.0 30.5 26.4 25.1 25.9 26.4 26.7 27.7 28.0 31.4 31.6 - 14.3 32.7 37.0 - 32.0 38.2 28.0 28.6 30.1 28.0 28.1 28.1 28.2 28.1 29.6 25.9 26.2 30.1 30.2 30.3 34.5 32.4 29.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 317.8 2613.1 -

DIO

60.8 58.2 54.0 49.9 50.8 49.0 47.3 50.8 52.9 53.2 52.3 52.5 52.4 46.2 45.0 45.4 - 20.4 50.4 49.8 - 52.0 64.2 53.9 18.6 60.8 54.0 54.1 18.2 54.1 50.0 45.5 13.6 38.4 49.6 53.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

38.9 38.3 34.4 32.9 34.8 35.8 36.4 31.6 26.1 26.3 26.0 26.3 26.2 26.6 31.4 34.8 - 15.2 35.9 36.8 - 37.6 46.2 33.8 11.4 37.3 31.9 33.7 12.4 36.9 33.7 32.3 10.3 29.0 33.2 31.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- - - 78.8 - 81.0 77.8 77.2 - 79.1 78.7 79.3 - 74.2 76.5 77.0 - 34.6 83.1 86.9 - 84.0 102.4 81.9 47.1 91.0 82.0 82.2 46.4 82.4 78.1 75.1 39.5 64.7 79.7 84.0 30.3 34.5 32.4 29.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 317.8 2613.1 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- - - 45.8 - 45.2 41.4 45.6 - 52.8 52.7 53.0 - 47.5 45.1 42.1 - 19.5 47.1 50.1 - 46.4 56.3 48.1 35.7 53.6 50.1 48.5 34.0 45.4 44.4 42.8 29.2 35.7 46.5 52.2 30.3 34.5 32.4 29.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 317.8 2613.1 -

All numbers in USD currency

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