Despite in Line Results, Post’s Second Quarter Reinforces Our Skepticism of Its Competitive Standing
While first-half results (21% sales growth, 20% adjusted EBITDA margin) leave it poised to meet our fiscal 2018 targets (18% and 20%, respectively), which should keep our valuation near its current $82 per share level, we remain skeptical that Post’s brands are strong enough to ward off competitive threats, leading to our narrow-moat rating. Our long-term view (low-single-digit organic growth, roughly 150 basis points of adjusted EBITDA margin contraction over the next decade) is intact.Post’s ...
Post Holdings is a consumer packaged goods holding company. The company's segments are: Post Consumer Brands, which manufactures, markets and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal and hot cereal products; Weetabix, which markets and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal products; Foodservice, which produces and distributes egg and potato products; Refrigerated Retail, which produces and distributes side dishes, eggs and egg, cheese, sausage and other refrigerated products; and BellRing Brands, which markets and distributes ready-to-drink protein shakes, other RTD beverages, powders, nutrition bars and supplements in the nutrition category.
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Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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