POST (Post Holdings) ROCE % : 5.74% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Post Holdings ROCE %?

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Post Holdings's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 5.74%.

Post Holdings ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Post Holdings's ROCE % can be seen below:

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Post Holdings ROCE % Chart

Post Holdings Annual Data

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Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Sep24

ROCE %

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2.58

4.85

11.10

6.49

6.93

Post Holdings Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7.29	7.44	6.13	7.73	5.74

Post Holdings ROCE % Calculation

Post Holdings's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Sep. 2024 )		(A: Sep. 2023 )		(A: Sep. 2024 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Sep. 2024 )		(A: Sep. 2023 )		(A: Sep. 2024 )
	=	788.6	/	( ( (11646.7 - 805.3)	+	(12854.2 - 944.9) )	/ 2 )
	=	788.6	/	( (10841.4	+	11909.3)	/ 2 )
	=	788.6	/	11375.35
	=	6.93 %

Post Holdings's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2025 )		(Q: Dec. 2024 )		(Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2025 )		(Q: Dec. 2024 )		(Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	677.6	/	( ( (12819.6 - 981.3)	+	(12799.1 - 1015.8) )	/ 2 )
	=	677.6	/	( ( 11838.3	+	11783.3 )	/ 2 )
	=	677.6	/	11810.8
	=	5.74 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) EBIT data.

Post Holdings (NYSE:POST) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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Post Holdings Business Description

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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 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 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

Nicolas Catoggio	officer: PRES & CEO, PCB	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Bradly A Harper	officer: SVP, CHIEF ACCTING OFFICER	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
Diedre J Gray	officer: SVP, GEN. COUNSEL & SEC'Y	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
David W Kemper	director	PO BOX 419248, KANSAS CITY MO 64141-6248
Jeff A Zadoks	officer: Corp. Controller	2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Gregory L Curl	director
Ellen F Harshman	director	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
Robert E Grote	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
Dorothy M Burwell	director	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63021
David P Skarie	director	RALCORP HOLDINGS INC, 800 MARKET STREET STE 2900, ST LOUIS MO 63101
Matthew J Mainer	officer: SVP, CFO & TREASURER	C/O POST HOLDINGS, INC., 2503 S. HANLEY ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63144
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