Post Holdings
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
17.3015.2513.43
Price/Sales ratio
0.830.820.76
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$6.32$7.17$8.14

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2024)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-29.06-1.60K123.9015.5760.0998.9228.226.5917.0718.906.0498.92
Price/Sales ratio
0.721.051.141.161.311.031.130.850.730.870.871.03
Price/Book Value ratio
1.121.762.152.382.562.072.571.531.331.691.542.07
Price/Cash Flow ratio
7.4210.5615.4710.1210.899.4712.0212.986.857.4414.1110.89
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
9.7413.9330.4814.7218.0915.1517.8738.6911.5013.8042.2818.09
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.3716.47-0.070.01-0.83-1.950.080.03-0.291.080.01-0.83
Dividend Yield
0.51%0.27%0.22%0.14%0.05%N/AN/A10.96%N/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
25.26%30.78%30.12%29.83%31.54%31.36%29.13%25.08%26.91%29.09%25.50%31.36%
Operating Profit Margin
4.57%10.85%9.95%9.38%13.74%12.29%10.53%7.10%8.56%10.01%8.01%12.29%
Pretax Profit Margin
-3.59%-0.59%1.42%4.23%2.80%1.11%5.41%15.30%5.90%5.95%17.30%2.80%
Net Profit Margin
-2.48%-0.06%0.92%7.46%2.19%1.05%4.02%12.93%4.30%4.62%14.38%2.19%
Effective Tax Rate
31.08%89.03%35.08%-77.06%-2.45%5.52%25.68%9.57%24.14%22.26%11.70%-2.45%
Return on Assets
-1.25%-0.03%0.40%3.57%1.04%0.49%2.01%6.69%2.58%2.85%7.70%1.04%
Return On Equity
-3.87%-0.10%1.73%15.31%4.26%2.09%9.13%23.25%7.84%8.96%25.80%4.26%
Return on Capital Employed
2.47%6.25%4.65%4.78%7.00%6.27%5.76%3.96%5.52%6.66%4.61%6.27%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.913.273.712.772.642.34N/AN/AN/AN/A2.782.64
Quick Ratio
2.152.482.892.161.921.731.422.030.851.561.451.73
Cash ratio
1.371.802.161.241.301.210.770.710.110.830.761.21
Days of Sales Outstanding
28.7527.9533.5626.9628.5928.2821.8433.9426.7526.8532.3628.59
Days of Inventory outstanding
48.8952.7757.3240.2554.4155.9349.1745.7156.4249.0048.0755.93
Operating Cycle
77.6480.7390.8967.2283.0184.2171.0179.6683.1875.8556.0584.21
Days of Payables Outstanding
27.8627.7333.5830.3537.1231.7031.7837.6926.3429.7734.3531.70
Cash Conversion Cycle
49.7852.9957.3036.8645.8852.5139.2341.9756.8346.089.8652.51
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.490.480.600.550.590.590.520.520.510.530.660.59
Debt Equity Ratio
1.521.512.572.372.412.522.391.831.571.662.212.52
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.600.600.720.700.700.700.700.640.610.620.630.70
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.600.600.720.700.700.710.700.640.610.620.630.71
Interest Coverage Ratio
0.951.781.731.832.221.80N/AN/AN/AN/A1.611.80
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.090.110.050.090.090.080.080.060.120.130.060.08
Company Equity Multiplier
3.093.114.274.284.084.254.523.473.033.143.314.25
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.090.090.070.110.120.100.090.060.100.110.060.10
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.760.750.500.680.600.620.670.330.590.530.330.62
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.090.110.050.090.090.080.080.060.120.130.060.08
Short Term Coverage Ratio
28.2240.8417.4932.5450.962.594.66349.27682.09776.41340.7250.96
Dividend Payout Ratio
-14.83%-436.36%27.95%2.31%3.20%N/AN/A72.32%N/AN/AN/AN/A