The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Post Holdings Inc shares valued at $3,943,080 were purchased by STIRITZ WILLIAM P on Aug 19 ’25. At $109.53 per share, STIRITZ WILLIAM P acquired 36,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 4,334,667 shares worth approximately $468.4 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, STIRITZ WILLIAM P purchased 186,740 shares, netting a total of over 20,376,135 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $109.11 each, the insider now holds 4,298,667 shares.
Before that, CATOGGIO NICOLAS had sold 1,750 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $190,702, the PRES & CEO, PCB traded Post Holdings Inc shares for $108.97 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,750 shares, worth approximately $4.73 million.
Analysts at Mizuho started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 12, 2023, Wells Fargo has initiated its “an Equal weight” rating for POST. Earlier on October 13, 2023, JP Morgan initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for POST stock.
Analyzing POST Stock Performance
On last trading session, Post Holdings Inc [NYSE: POST] rose 0.54% to $108.06. The stock’s lowest price that day was $107.22, but it reached a high of $108.55 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.33%. Over the course of the year, Post Holdings Inc shares have dropped approximately -6.93%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $119.85 on 04/03/25 and a 52-week low of $101.05 on 08/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Post Holdings Inc (POST)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 107.33, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 106.60. In the upper region, resistance lies at 108.67. The next price resistance is at 109.28. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.70 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Post Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Post Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 0.46 million shares to 3.56 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 3.09 million shares. A jump of 12.97% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.2.
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In terms of Post Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 131 in the next 12 months, up nearly 21.88% from the previous closing price of $107.48. Analysts anticipate Post Holdings Inc stock to reach 131 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 131. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Post Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 08, 2023, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $105.
