HighPoint Advisor Group LLC Makes New $202,000 Investment in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

HighPoint Advisor Group LLC bought a new stake in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,818 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in POST. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its stake in Post by 6.5% in the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of Post by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $346,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Post by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the period. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Post by 2.2% in the third quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $857,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its stake in Post by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 6,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $738,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.85% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler upped their price target on Post from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Post from $122.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $127.50.

Insider Transactions at Post

In other news, CEO Nicolas Catoggio sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.50, for a total transaction of $582,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 55,501 shares in the company, valued at $6,465,866.50. This represents a 8.26 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Bradly A. Harper sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.59, for a total value of $229,180.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 8,741 shares in the company, valued at $1,001,631.19. The trade was a 18.62 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 36,096 shares of company stock valued at $4,129,355 over the last three months. Company insiders own 11.40% of the company’s stock.

Post Stock Performance

Shares of POST stock opened at $117.51 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 2.39. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $99.62 and a 52 week high of $125.84. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $112.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $112.80. The company has a market capitalization of $6.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.36 and a beta of 0.65.

Post (NYSE:POST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.24. Post had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 10.48%. On average, analysts expect that Post Holdings, Inc. will post 6.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.