Growth Metrics

Post Holdings (POST) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Post Holdings has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 6.74% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 6.74%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 6.74%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 6.67%, 35.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 6.74% at Post Holdings, up from 6.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.87% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 3.37% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 5.38% and a median of 5.41% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -144bps in 2021 and later soared 198bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.87% in 2021, then rose by 20bps to 4.62% in 2022, then increased by 29bps to 5.97% in 2023, then increased by 13bps to 6.73% in 2024, then rose by 0bps to 6.74% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for POST at 6.74% in Q4 2025, 6.53% in Q3 2025, and 6.81% in Q2 2025.