For the quarter ended March 2025, Post Holdings (POST) reported revenue of $1.95 billion, down 2.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.41, compared to $1.51 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.98 billion, representing a surprise of -1.28%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +19.49%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.18.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Post Holdings performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Weetabix: $131.70 million versus $133.10 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.6% change.
- Net Sales- Post Consumer Brands: $987.90 million compared to the $1.02 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -7.3% year over year.
- Net Sales- Foodservice: $607.90 million compared to the $584.58 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9.6% year over year.
- Net Sales- Refrigerated Retail: $224.60 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $237.73 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.6%.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Post Consumer Brands: $203.80 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $204.92 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Weetabix: $30.30 million versus $27.17 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Foodservice: $96 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $75.40 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate/ Other: -$18.30 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of -$23.60 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Refrigerated Retail: $34.70 million compared to the $39.89 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of Post Holdings have returned -4.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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