Post Holdings (POST) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Post Holdings' Tax Rate came in at 26.67% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 2.46 percentage points from 24.21% a year earlier and up 1.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Post Holdings (POST) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Post Holdings reported Tax Rate of 25.52%, up 3.54 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it was 24.48%, up 2.22 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of -21.92 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Tax Rate was 22.26% in FY2024 (-1.88 pp), 24.15% in FY2023 (+14.57 pp), 9.57% in FY2022 (-17.62 pp) and 27.20% in FY2021 (-19.21 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is -16.84% (fiscal Q4 2021) to 33.16% (fiscal Q1 2022).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.27 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in fiscal Q3 2022 (a gain of 58.24 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2021 (a drop of 68.73 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows POST's Tax Rate at 25.57% (Q2 2026), 22.02% (Q1 2026) and 30.04% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 142.47 Bn | 93.93 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 82.20 Bn | 75.47 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 19.17% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.19 Bn | 30.44 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 22.20% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.23 Bn | 14.65 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.93 Bn | 15.58 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 24.46% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.85 Bn | 13.63 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 24.21% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.79 Bn | 11.85 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 32.30% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.28 Bn | 7.95 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 42.30% |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.73 Bn | 6.01 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 28.06% |
| 10 | Post Holdings | 3.53 Bn | 2.54 Bn | 566.30 Mn | 26.67% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.67% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 25.57% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 24.21% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.27% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.08% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.09% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 22.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.42% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 30.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 21.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.37% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.86% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 28.92% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.94% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.72% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 19.79% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 19.00% |
Post Holdings Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=POST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "POST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=POST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();