Liberty One Investment Management LLC Invests $164,000 in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

Liberty One Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 1,570 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Post during the 2nd quarter worth $27,000. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new stake in Post during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. New Covenant Trust Company N.A. acquired a new position in Post during the first quarter worth about $29,000. TFO Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in Post by 9,966.7% in the fourth quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC now owns 302 shares of the company’s stock valued at $264,000 after buying an additional 299 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Post by 487.0% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 317 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 263 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on POST. Barclays raised their price objective on Post from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 7th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Post from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Post from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Post from $118.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of Post from $122.00 to $123.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $124.33.

Post Price Performance

Shares of POST traded down $0.40 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $114.65. 513,388 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 546,306. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.95 billion, a PE ratio of 22.02 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $107.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $105.54. Post Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $78.85 and a fifty-two week high of $115.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62.

Post (NYSE:POST) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $1.54 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.21 by $0.33. The company had revenue of $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.02 billion. Post had a net margin of 4.46% and a return on equity of 10.91%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.52 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 5.95 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Post

In related news, Director Gregory L. Curl sold 4,000 shares of Post stock in a transaction on Friday, May 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.06, for a total transaction of $424,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 21,181 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,246,456.86. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In other Post news, Director Gregory L. Curl sold 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.06, for a total value of $424,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 21,181 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,246,456.86. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Thomas C. Erb bought 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $112.94 per share, with a total value of $225,880.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 35,475 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,006,546.50. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Company insiders own 10.70% of the company’s stock.

Post Company Profile

Post Holdings, Inc operates as a consumer packaged goods holding company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, and Refrigerated Retail. The Post Consumer Brands segment manufactures, markets, and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals under Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, and Malt-O-Meal brand names; hot cereal; peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand; and branded and private label dog and cat food products under Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits and Gravy Train brand names.