Post Holdings: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Post Holdings (NYSE: POST) is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States that owns 6 consumer brands.[1][2]
Post Holdings was spun out of Ralcorp in 2012 with the Post cereal business and has since bought aggressively across cereal, eggs, pet food and nutrition. The cereal brand itself dates to 1895, when C. W. Post created Postum as a coffee substitute after a stay at the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Post Holdings, Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Founded
- 2012
- Tickers
- NYSE: POST
- Revenue
- $8.16 billion (2024)[2]
- SEC CIK
- 0001530950
- Wikidata
- Q7233488
- Website
- www.postholdings.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
What Post Holdings's annual report says about its business
Read from Post Holdings's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Segments the filing names
- Post Consumer Brands:
We operate in four reportable segments: Post Consumer Brands : Includes branded and private label ready-to-eat ("RTE") cereals and granola from the businesses of Post Foods, LLC, MOM Brands Company, LLC, which Post acquired in May 2015, Weetabix North America, which Post acquired as part of its acquisition of Weetabix Limited in July 2017 referred to below, certain private label RTE cereal operations, which Post acquired in June 2021, and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc. ("8th Avenue"), the transactions related to which are discussed below under "Recent Strategic Transactions," peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand, which Post acquired in January 2021, private label peanut butter and other nut butters, pasta and dried fruit and nut products from 8th Avenue and branded and private label pet food, the brands and operations of which Post acquired in April 2023 and December 2023 (collectively, the "Pet Acquisitions");
- Weetabix:
Our Weetabix segment services its key U.K. markets through a centralized commercial team which manages relationships with customers at the corporate level while a third-party sales force operates at the store level.
- Foodservice and Refrigerated Retail segments:
Our Foodservice and Refrigerated Retail segments sell and market their products primarily through dedicated teams of internal sales staff and broker organizations.
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
- Acquired: MOM Brands Company, LLC (May 2015).
Includes branded and private label ready-to-eat ("RTE") cereals and granola from the businesses of Post Foods, LLC, MOM Brands Company, LLC, which Post acquired in May 2015
- Acquired: Weetabix North America (July 2017).
Weetabix North America, which Post acquired as part of its acquisition of Weetabix Limited in July 2017 referred to below
- Acquired: Weetabix Limited (July 2017).
Includes the businesses of Weetabix Limited, which Post acquired in July 2017
- Acquired: Lacka Foods Limited (April 2022).
Lacka Foods Limited, which Post acquired in April 2022
- Acquired: Deeside Cereals I Ltd (December 2023).
Deeside Cereals I Ltd, which Post acquired in December 2023
- Acquired: MFI Holding Corporation ("Michael Foods") (June 2014).
egg and potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels from the businesses of MFI Holding Corporation ("Michael Foods"), which Post acquired in June 2014
- Acquired: National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. ("NPE") (October 2016).
National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. ("NPE"), which Post acquired in October 2016
- Acquired: Bob Evans Farms, Inc. ("Bob Evans") (January 2018).
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. ("Bob Evans"), which Post acquired in January 2018
- Acquired: Henningsen Foods, Inc. (July 2020).
Henningsen Foods, Inc., which Post acquired in July 2020
- Acquired: Almark Foods ("Almark") (February 2021).
Almark Foods ("Almark"), which Post acquired in February 2021
- Acquired: Potato Products of Idaho, L.L.C. ("PPI") (March 2025).
Potato Products of Idaho, L.L.C. ("PPI"), which Post acquired in March 2025
- Acquired: Crystal Farms Dairy Company (June 2014).
including the business of Crystal Farms Dairy Company, which Post acquired as a part of its acquisition of Michael Foods in June 2014
Post Holdings in numbers
- Post Holdings owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 6 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside United States.
Post Holdings financial history
Headline figures from Post Holdings's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $4.71bn to $8.16bn, an average of 11.6% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8.16bn | $799.3m | 9.8% | $335.7m | $13.5bn | $7.42bn | 10-K | |
| $7.92bn | $793.5m | 10.0% | $366.7m | $12.9bn | $6.81bn | 10-K | |
| $6.99bn | $598.9m | 8.6% | $301.3m | $11.6bn | $6.04bn | 10-K | |
| $5.85bn | $415.6m | 7.1% | $756.6m | $11.3bn | $5.96bn | 10-K | |
| $4.98bn | $487.7m | 9.8% | $166.7m | $12.4bn | $6.44bn | 10-K | |
| $4.71bn | $536.5m | 11.4% | $800,000 | $12.1bn | $6.96bn | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Post Holdings owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Post Holdings in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- JM1I5YUAURL6DC8N1468
- Registered name
- POST HOLDINGS, INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 26 March 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Post Holdings SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
Proxy statements
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Change to the code of ethics | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure; Other events | |
| 8-K | Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Other events | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Material change to rights of security holders; Change to articles or bylaws; Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 8-K | Creation of a direct financial obligation; Other events | |
| 8-K | Other events |
Official recalls involving Post Holdings products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Post Holdings. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds. Sweetened Cereal with Oats and Honey. Net Wt 48 oz (3 lbs) 1.36kg. 2 Bags inside for freshness. UPC 8 84912-01428 3.… — FDA, · Class II
Reason given: Foreign Material (metal)
Recalling firm: Post Consumer Brands, LLC · Brand: Honey Bunches of Oats
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Post Holdings own?
Post Holdings owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Malt-O-Meal, Weetabix, Post Raisin Bran, Grape-Nuts, Honey Bunches of Oats and Pebbles.
Is Post Holdings an American company?
Yes. Post Holdings is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and was founded in 2012.
Who owns Post Holdings?
Post Holdings is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as POST on the NYSE.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Post Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-21 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 21 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Post Holdings, Inc.: Form 10-K for the year ended 2025-09-30 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 21 November 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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