Report
Zain Akbari, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

On-Track 3Q Earnings Leave Our Outlook Unchanged for Post; Shares Fairly Valued

We do not plan a large change for our $78 per share valuation for no-moat Post Holdings after it reported solid third-quarter earnings. Post saw flat sales and an 18.6% adjusted EBITDA margin over the first nine months of fiscal 2017, near our full-year calls for 2% growth (reflecting the Weetabix purchase, which closed in July) and an 18.5% profitability mark. Though management raised its fiscal 2017 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $975 million-$990 million (from $920 million-$950 million), higher ...
Underlying
Post Holdings Inc.

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.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

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.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Zain Akbari, CFA

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