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Post Holdings (Post Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.83 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Post Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Post Holdings's current share price is $105.38. Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $57.65. Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.83.

The historical rank and industry rank for Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

POST' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 1.46   Max: 1.84
Current: 1.84

During the past years, Post Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.84. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 1.46.

POST's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
64.28% of 1229 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.32 vs POST: 1.84

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Post Holdings's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $64.995. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $57.65 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Post Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Post Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Post Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.14 1.41 1.47 1.48

Post Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.62 1.59 1.51 1.48 1.53

Competitive Comparison of Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Post Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=105.38/57.65
=1.83

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Post Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Post Holdings's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=64.995/129.4194*129.4194
=64.995

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Post Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 54.381 99.695 70.595
201406 57.918 100.560 74.540
201409 50.962 100.428 65.674
201412 48.444 99.070 63.285
201503 46.018 99.621 59.783
201506 48.656 100.684 62.543
201509 49.352 100.392 63.622
201512 47.994 99.792 62.243
201603 46.753 100.470 60.224
201606 47.026 101.688 59.850
201609 46.357 101.861 58.899
201612 46.423 101.863 58.982
201703 45.093 102.862 56.735
201706 41.584 103.349 52.074
201709 42.057 104.136 52.268
201712 46.212 104.011 57.501
201803 46.359 105.290 56.983
201806 46.058 106.317 56.066
201809 45.733 106.507 55.572
201812 47.237 105.998 57.675
201903 44.115 107.251 53.234
201906 43.879 108.070 52.548
201909 40.581 108.329 48.481
201912 48.033 108.420 57.336
202003 42.640 108.902 50.674
202006 43.074 108.767 51.253
202009 42.989 109.815 50.664
202012 45.375 109.897 53.436
202103 45.595 111.754 52.802
202106 44.483 114.631 50.222
202109 43.461 115.734 48.600
202112 41.483 117.630 45.641
202203 57.231 121.301 61.061
202206 56.812 125.017 58.813
202209 55.434 125.227 57.290
202212 58.187 125.222 60.138
202303 54.487 127.348 55.373
202306 64.523 128.729 64.869
202309 63.611 129.860 63.395
202312 64.995 129.419 64.995

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Post Holdings  (NYSE:POST) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Post Holdings (Post Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2503 South Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63144
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