Post Stock Closes Lower Ahead of Earnings Results
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Post Holdings (POST) - Get Report closed down by 0.62% to $64.14 on Thursday afternoon, as the company prepares to report its 2015 fourth quarter earnings results next week.
The consumer packaged foods company will release its latest financial report after the market close on Monday afternoon.
Analysts are expecting the company to report a year over year rise in both its earnings per share and revenue results for the most recent quarter.
Post has been forecast to report earnings of 29 cents per share on revenue of $1.33 billion, by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters, for the three month period ended in September.
The company's adjusted earnings came in at 13 cents per diluted share on net sales of $1.04 billion for the 2014 fourth quarter.
Post Holdings is a St. Louis-based packaged consumer foods company with cereal products including Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, Grape-nuts, Raisin Bran and Shredded Wheat.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates POST HOLDINGS INC as a Buy with a ratings score of B-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
We rate POST HOLDINGS INC (POST) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- POST's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 5.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 91.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- Powered by its strong earnings growth of 135.86% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 61.30% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, POST should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Food Products industry. The net income increased by 168.4% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$35.10 million to $24.00 million.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 84.46% to $103.30 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, POST HOLDINGS INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -23.54%.
- POST HOLDINGS INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, POST HOLDINGS INC swung to a loss, reporting -$7.60 versus $0.29 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.57 versus -$7.60).
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: POST
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