Post Holdings (POST) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Post Holdings (POST) recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 10.37% in Q1 2026, down 5.39% quarter-over-quarter from 10.96% in Q4 2025, and up 104.0% on a YoY basis from 5.08% in Q1 2025.
Post Holdings (POST) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Post Holdings' Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.37% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 104.0% year-over-year to 10.37%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.24% (up 322.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.8%, down 22.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin was 10.37% for Q1 2026 at Post Holdings, down from 10.96% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 69.39% in Q3 2025 to a low of 6.92% in Q2 2022.
- Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 12.92% across 5 years, with a median of 9.51% in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Margin tumbled 551 bps in 2022, then soared 5989 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 9.57% in 2022, then rose by 11 bps to 10.65% in 2023, then rose by 2 bps to 10.84% in 2024, then grew by 1 bps to 10.96% in 2025, then slipped by 5 bps to 10.37% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 10.37% (Q1 2026), 10.96% (Q4 2025), and 69.39% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Post Holdings | 4.33 Bn | 4.07 Bn | 617.60 Mn | 10.37% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.37% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.96% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 69.39% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.82% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.33% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.84% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.43% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.51% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.50% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.35% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.92% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.25% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 12.42% |