Post Holdings (POST) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Post Holdings (POST) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 7.19% in Q1 2026, up 6.6% quarter-over-quarter from 6.74% in Q4 2025, and up 48.0% on a YoY basis from 4.86% in Q1 2025.
Post Holdings (POST) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Post Holdings' Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.19% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 48.0% year-over-year to 7.19%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.19% (up 48.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 6.67%, down 35.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 7.19% for Q1 2026 at Post Holdings, up from 6.74% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 7.19% in Q1 2026 to a low of 3.37% in Q2 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 5.76% across 5 years, with a median of 6.29% in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed plunged 76 bps in 2022, then soared 198 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.62% in 2022, then climbed by 29 bps to 5.97% in 2023, then rose by 13 bps to 6.73% in 2024, then gained by 0 bps to 6.74% in 2025, then increased by 7 bps to 7.19% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.19% (Q1 2026), 6.74% (Q4 2025), and 6.53% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.19% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.74% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.53% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.81% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.73% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.87% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.69% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.29% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.62% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.92% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.37% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.66% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.68% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.08% |