As of today (2024-04-20), Post Holdings's share price is $104.00.
Post Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.28. Hence, Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 14.28.
The historical rank and industry rank for Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
POST'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.28 Med: 12.73 Max: 49.49
Current: 14.08
During the past 13 years, Post Holdings's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 49.49. The lowest was 6.28. And the median was 12.73.
POST's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 53.52% of 1108
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.145
vs POST: 14.08
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Post Holdings was 277.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -7.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, Post Holdings's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 28.40% per year. The lowest was -28.30% per year. And the median was 2.40% per year.
Post Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Post Holdings Annual Data
Trend
Sep14
Sep15
Sep16
Sep17
Sep18
Sep19
Sep20
Sep21
Sep22
Sep23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
12.56
9.86
11.85
40.35
12.84
Post Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
46.79
37.86
16.34
12.84
12.09
Competitive Comparison
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Post Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Post Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Post Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Post Holdings's Share Price of today is $104.00.
Post Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.28.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Post Holdings (NYSE:POST) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Post Holdings (Post Holdings) Business Description
Post Holdings Inc is an consumer packaged goods holding company. It operates in Post Consumer Brands which Includes branded and private label ready-to-eat cereals, Weetabix it Includes the businesses of Weetabix Limited, which Post acquired in July 2017 and which produces and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal, hot cereals and other cereal-based food products, Foodservice which Includes primarily egg and potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels from the businesses of MFI Holding Corporation, lastly Refrigerated Retail segment Provides refrigerated retail products, inclusive of side dishes, eggs and egg products, sausage, cheese and other dairy and refrigerated products.
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