Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC Cuts Stock Position in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST)

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC lowered its holdings in Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) by 14.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 751,375 shares of the company’s stock after selling 122,945 shares during the period. Post makes up 1.3% of Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC owned approximately 1.29% of Post worth $86,972,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in POST. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Post by 6.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,288,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $562,035,000 after purchasing an additional 332,811 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in Post by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,063,104 shares of the company’s stock worth $319,052,000 after buying an additional 27,448 shares during the last quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its holdings in Post by 51.4% in the second quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,237,165 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,863,000 after purchasing an additional 419,945 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in shares of Post by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 580,292 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,674,000 after buying an additional 15,975 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Post by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 226,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,219,000 after buying an additional 2,879 shares in the last quarter. 94.85% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on POST shares. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Post from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Post from $118.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Post from $120.00 to $116.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $124.17.

Post Trading Up 0.1 %

NYSE:POST opened at $110.39 on Thursday. Post Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $83.73 and a 1 year high of $118.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 2.36. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $112.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $109.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.57 and a beta of 0.64.

Post 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.