Post Holdings (STU:2PO) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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STU:2PO Post Holdings Inc STU:2PO
64 GF Score
Price €66.50
GF Value €123.95
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Post Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Post Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1 Mil. Post Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €6,675 Mil. Post Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1,129 Mil. Post Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 5.91.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Post Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:2PO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.83   Med: 7.05   Max: 11.3
Current: 5.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Post Holdings was 11.30. The lowest was 3.83. And the median was 7.05.

STU:2PO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
81.04% of 1572 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.115 vs STU:2PO: 5.52

Post Holdings  (STU:2PO) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Post Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Post Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Post Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Post Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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STU:2PO vs FRPT, MZTI, CENT: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Post Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Post Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Post Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


STU:2PO
64GF Score
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Post Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Post Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(38.978723404255 + 6514.8936170213) / 1204.3957558483
=5.44

Post Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.1370593894866 + 6674.8010146068) / 1129.430700675
=5.91

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Post Holdings (STU:2PO) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Post Holdings stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €66.50 is trading 46.3% below its estimated GF Value™ of €123.95. GuruFocus considers Post Holdings to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for STU:2PO:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €123.95 vs. price of €66.50 (46.3% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 64/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:2PO stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Post Holdings Business Description

Other Exchanges POST:USA0KJZ:UK
Address 2503 South Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63144
Post Holdings Inc. is a consumer packaged goods holding company with products sold through grocery, club, and drug stores, mass merchandisers, foodservice, food ingredient, and eCommerce. It operates through four reportable segments: Post Consumer Brands, focused on North American ready-to-eat cereal and granola, pet food, and nut butters; Weetabix, focused on U.K. ready-to-eat cereal, muesli, and protein-based shakes; Foodservice, focused on egg and potato products; and Refrigerated Retail, focused on side dish, egg, cheese, and sausage products. Products are sold across channels, including retailers, wholesalers, convenience stores, pet supply retailers, drug store customers, military and national restaurant chains, with revenues largely generated in the U.S.
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