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How Post Holdings, Inc. stacks up
POST · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
43/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #88 of 152 · scores higher than 42% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score10 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including POST · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 43?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.A mix: stronger operating margin, but weaker return on assets than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 68% of peers. Return on assets: 2.3% vs peer median 4.0%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = POST, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | POST | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported | 6.1% | 8.4% | 40% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported | 9.6% | 5.9% | 64% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported | 2.3% | 4.3% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported | 8.3% | 10.2% | 48% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported | 28.8% | 35.5% | 39% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around POST| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 128.5B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 324.2B USD | 99 | 54 | |
| 1 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 5 | 3.4B USD | 97 | 54 | |
| 82 | 618M USD | 47 | 54 | |
| 85 | 2.0B USD | 45 | 71 | |
| 86 | 1.7B USD | 44 | 42 | |
| 86 | 1.2B USD | 44 | 40 | |
| 88 | 3.8B USD | 43 | 50 | |
| 89 | 7.6B USD | 41 | 45 | |
| 89 | 1.8B USD | 41 | 55 | |
| 91 | 6.6B USD | 39 | 43 | |
| 92 | 13.7B USD | 37 | 46 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score