Post Holdings (Post Holdings) Days Payable : 24.63 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Post Holdings Days Payable?

Post Holdings's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $376 Mil. Post Holdings's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,393 Mil. Hence, Post Holdings's Days Payable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Post Holdings's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

POST' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 22.1 Med: 26.54 Max: 39.54
Current: 26.88

During the past 13 years, Post Holdings's highest Days Payable was 39.54. The lowest was 22.10. And the median was 26.54.

POST's Days Payable is ranked worse than
76.58% of 1789 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 45.62 vs POST: 26.88

Post Holdings's Days Payable declined from Dec. 2022 (31.24) to Dec. 2023 (24.63). It may suggest that Post Holdings accelerated paying its suppliers.

Post Holdings Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Post Holdings's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Post Holdings Days Payable Chart

Post Holdings Annual Data

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Days Payable

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31.86

39.54

37.31

30.44

25.07

Post Holdings Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															31.24	31.36	26.61	23.86	24.63

Competitive Comparison of Post Holdings's Days Payable

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Post Holdings's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable 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's Days Payable Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Post Holdings's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Post Holdings's Days Payable falls into.

Post Holdings Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Post Holdings's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Sep. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Sep. 2022 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Sep. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Sep. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (362.1	+	339.7)	/	2 )	/	5109.3	*	365
=	350.9					/	5109.3	*	365
=	25.07

Post Holdings's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (339.7	+	412.6)	/	2 )	/	1393.3	*	365 / 4
=	376.15					/	1393.3	*	365 / 4
=	24.63

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Post Holdings (Post Holdings) Business Description

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2PO:Germany

Address

2503 South Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63144

Website

https://www.postholdings.com

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.

Executives

Ellen F Harshman	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Dorothy M Burwell	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63021
Bradly A Harper	officer: SVP, CHIEF ACCTING OFFICER	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Thomas C Erb	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Nicolas Catoggio	officer: PRES & CEO, PCB	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
David P Skarie	director	RALCORP HOLDINGS INC, 800 MARKET STREET STE 2900, ST LOUIS MO 63101
Diedre J Gray	officer: SVP, GEN. COUNSEL & SEC'Y	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Matthew J Mainer	officer: SVP, CFO & TREASURER	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Robert E Grote	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Gregory L Curl	director
Jennifer Kuperman Johnson	director	C/O BELLRING BRANDS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Mark W Westphal	officer: PRES., MICHAEL FOODS	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
David W Kemper	director	PO BOX 419248, KANSAS CITY MO 64141-6248
Jay W Brown	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Robert V Vitale	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144