Post (POST) financial statements
Post reported revenue of $8.2B in fiscal 2025, up 5.5% a year over 9 years.
Net income was $336M and the operating margin 9.8%, against 10.9% in 2016.
Free cash flow was $488M.
The diluted share count fell 9% over the period (buybacks).
Revenue and free cash flow
Fiscal years, $ billions.
Income statement
Fiscal years, from Post's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.0B | $5.2B | $6.3B | $5.7B | $4.7B | $5.0B | $5.9B | $7.0B | $7.9B | $8.2B |
| Cost of revenue | $3.5B | $3.7B | $4.4B | $3.9B | $3.3B | $3.6B | $4.4B | $5.1B | $5.6B | $5.8B |
| Gross profit | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.3B |
| Research and development | $16M | $19M | $25M | $25M | $19M | $22M | $19M | $23M | $29M | $32M |
| Selling, general and admin | $840M | $868M | $976M | $912M | $782M | $807M | $905M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Operating income | $546M | $517M | $574M | $781M | $536M | $488M | $416M | $599M | $794M | $799M |
| Interest expense | $306M | $315M | $387M | $322M | $334M | $333M | $318M | $279M | $316M | $361M |
| Pre-tax income | -$30M | $74M | $265M | $159M | -$46M | $214M | $895M | $413M | $472M | $444M |
| Income tax | -$27M | $26M | -$204M | -$4M | -$21M | $58M | $86M | $100M | $105M | $109M |
| Net income | -$3M | $48M | $467M | $125M | $800,000 | $167M | $757M | $301M | $367M | $336M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.41 | $0.50 | $6.16 | $1.66 | $0.01 | $2.38 | $12.09 | $4.82 | $5.64 | $5.51 |
| Diluted shares | 69M | 70M | 76M | 75M | 69M | 65M | 63M | 67M | 67M | 63M |
| Gross margin | 30.8% | 30.1% | 29.6% | 31.5% | 30.8% | 28.7% | 25.1% | 26.9% | 29.1% | 28.7% |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 9.9% | 9.2% | 13.7% | 11.4% | 9.8% | 7.1% | 8.6% | 10.0% | 9.8% |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 0.9% | 7.5% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 12.9% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.1% |
Balance sheet
Fiscal years, from Post's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.1B | $1.5B | $990M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $664M | $586M | $93M | $787M | $177M |
| Receivables | $385M | $481M | $462M | $445M | $442M | $452M | $544M | $512M | $583M | $735M |
| Inventory | $503M | $574M | $484M | $580M | $599M | $477M | $549M | $790M | $754M | $875M |
| Total current assets | $2.1B | $2.6B | $2.2B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $1.5B | $2.2B | $2.0B |
| Property, plant and equipment | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $2.7B |
| Goodwill | $3.1B | $4.0B | $4.5B | $4.4B | $4.4B | $4.5B | $4.3B | $4.6B | $4.7B | $4.8B |
| Total assets | $9.4B | $11.9B | $13.1B | $12.0B | $12.1B | $12.4B | $11.3B | $11.6B | $12.9B | $13.5B |
| Total current liabilities | $634M | $704M | $792M | $803M | $974M | $1.0B | $824M | $805M | $945M | $1.2B |
| Long-term debt | $4.6B | $7.1B | $7.2B | $7.1B | $7.0B | $6.4B | $6.0B | $6.0B | $6.8B | $7.4B |
| Total liabilities | $6.4B | $9.1B | $10.0B | $9.0B | $9.3B | $9.4B | $7.7B | $7.8B | $8.8B | $9.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.0B | $2.8B | $3.1B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $2.7B | $3.3B | $3.8B | $4.1B | $3.8B |
| Net debt | $3.4B | $5.6B | $6.3B | $6.0B | $5.8B | $5.8B | $5.4B | $5.9B | $6.0B | $7.2B |
Cash flow
Fiscal years, from Post's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $502M | $387M | $719M | $688M | $626M | $588M | $383M | $750M | $932M | $998M |
| Capital spending | $122M | $190M | $225M | $274M | $232M | $191M | $255M | $303M | $430M | $510M |
| Free cash flow | $381M | $196M | $494M | $414M | $393M | $397M | $127M | $447M | $502M | $488M |
| Stock-based compensation | $17M | $24M | $31M | $39M | $43M | $49M | $66M | $77M | $84M | $82M |
| Dividends paid | $14M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Share buybacks (net) | $0 | -$318M | -$219M | -$322M | -$589M | -$397M | -$443M | — | — | — |
| Net borrowing | -$1.6B | -$2.0B | -$912M | -$919M | -$2.9B | -$1.7B | -$1.6B | -$307M | -$2.0B | -$526M |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.6% | 3.8% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 8.0% | 2.2% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.0% |
| Dividends per share | $0.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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What was Post's revenue in 2025?
$8.2B in fiscal 2025, from its 10-K filing.
How much free cash flow does Post generate?
$488M in fiscal 2025 (operating cash flow minus capital spending).
From Post's annual reports filed with the SEC (XBRL data), standardised by Investingly. Information only, not investment advice.