Post Holdings, Inc.

POST stock score: 51/100

$78.26 · +1.08% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
39
Fundamental
63
News
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The reading

Post (POST) scores 51 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 41% of Consumer Defensive stocks and 44% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 39, fundamentals 63.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 48 and contrarian oscillators 42.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 41 to 52, and it is up 10 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward POST’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

63

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Free Cash Flow Yield97

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)1

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)5

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Earnings Quality (Yearly)6

    Annual earnings quality examines the durability and cash-backed nature of yearly profits.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

44

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP97

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO)94

    Percentage Price Oscillator shows the difference between two moving averages as a percentage.

Holding it back

  • SMA 200 Cross Up2

    SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.

  • SMA 2005

    Simple Moving Average (200-period) is the most widely followed long-term trend indicator.

  • EMA 200 Cross Up5

    EMA 200 Cross Up tracks when price crosses above the 200-period EMA, creating an "EMA golden cross." This responsive long-term indicator signals potential sustained uptrends earlier than the SMA equivalent.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly511
Daily443
Weekly282
Monthly322
Quarterly422

Composite score, last 90 days

05010051Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 41Jul 26, 2026: 41Jul 27, 2026: 41Jul 28, 2026: 43Jul 29, 2026: 44Jul 30, 2026: 42Jul 31, 2026: 51Aug 2, 2026: 50Aug 3, 2026: 50Aug 5, 2026: 49Aug 6, 2026: 48Aug 7, 2026: 49Aug 8, 2026: 49Aug 9, 2026: 49Aug 10, 2026: 46Aug 11, 2026: 47Aug 12, 2026: 48Aug 13, 2026: 49Aug 14, 2026: 48Aug 15, 2026: 49Aug 16, 2026: 50Aug 17, 2026: 47Aug 18, 2026: 47Aug 19, 2026: 48Aug 20, 2026: 47Aug 22, 2026: 48Aug 23, 2026: 48Aug 24, 2026: 49Aug 25, 2026: 48Aug 26, 2026: 49Aug 27, 2026: 49Aug 28, 2026: 51Aug 29, 2026: 51Aug 30, 2026: 51Aug 31, 2026: 50Sep 1, 2026: 51Sep 2, 2026: 52Sep 3, 2026: 52Sep 4, 2026: 52Sep 5, 2026: 51Sep 6, 2026: 51Sep 7, 2026: 51Sep 8, 2026: 51Sep 9, 2026: 48Sep 10, 2026: 48Sep 11, 2026: 48Sep 12, 2026: 48Sep 13, 2026: 48Sep 14, 2026: 47Sep 15, 2026: 46Sep 16, 2026: 47Sep 17, 2026: 47Sep 18, 2026: 47Sep 19, 2026: 47Sep 20, 2026: 47Sep 21, 2026: 47Sep 22, 2026: 48Sep 23, 2026: 48Sep 24, 2026: 47Sep 25, 2026: 46Sep 26, 2026: 46Sep 27, 2026: 46Sep 28, 2026: 47Sep 29, 2026: 46Sep 30, 2026: 46Oct 1, 2026: 47Oct 2, 2026: 47Oct 3, 2026: 47Oct 4, 2026: 47Oct 5, 2026: 47Oct 6, 2026: 48Oct 7, 2026: 47Oct 8, 2026: 49Oct 9, 2026: 49Oct 10, 2026: 49Oct 11, 2026: 49Oct 12, 2026: 50Oct 13, 2026: 50Oct 14, 2026: 50Oct 15, 2026: 51Oct 16, 2026: 51Oct 17, 2026: 51Oct 18, 2026: 51Oct 19, 2026: 50Oct 20, 2026: 51
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Key facts

Market cap
$3.4B
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Packaged Foods
Beta
0.32
Risk grade (1–10)
3
Next earnings
Nov 19, 2026

Packaged Foods peers

CompanyMarket capScore
CPB The Campbell's Company$5.9B39
FRPT Freshpet$3.2B60
MZTI The Marzetti Company$2.9B53
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company$2.7B65
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company$2.3B64
UTZ Utz Brands$2.1B51

Questions

What is POST's stock score today?

POST scores 51/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 39, fundamental 63. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is POST a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 51 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the POST score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Consumer Defensive ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.