Post price to free cash flow POST

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 6.4×
10-year median: 12.0×
Against its 10-year history: 2nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.8× to 44.9×
Peer median: 14.6×

Post's price to free cash flow is 6.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 12.0×, lower than on 98% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.8× in Oct 2026 to 44.9× in Feb 2023.

The median for 10 packaged Foods stocks of a similar size is 14.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 12×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	6.4×	5.8×	12.6×
2025	10.8×	10.3×	14.3×
2024	13.3×	9.8×	14.0×
2023	11.9×	11.4×	44.9×
2022	41.6×	10.4×	44.1×
2021	11.9×	9.0×	12.3×
2020	11.3×	10.2×	17.4×
2019	12.4×	8.3×	14.9×
2018	7.9×	6.8×	18.1×
2017	17.8×	9.4×	26.6×
2016	9.1×	6.8×	9.8×
2015	7.4×	7.4×	20.9×
2014	18.8×	12.6×	33.5×
2013	12.5×	6.8×	15.3×
2012	6.5×	6.5×	6.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Packaged Foods nearest Post's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
POSTPost	6.4×
FRPTFreshpet	50.5×
MZTIMarzetti	14.4×
INGRIngredion	17.0×
CPBCAMPBELL'S	9.1×
SFDSmithfield Foods	9.1×
LWLamb Weston	18.0×
JJSFJ&J Snack Foods	17.0×
FLOFlowers Foods	4.3×
BRBRBellring Brands	4.9×
HRLHormel Foods	14.8×
Peer median	14.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

Price to free cash flow over time

Year by year

Against its peers

What the price to free cash flow tells you

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