Post Holdings Inc (POST US, +1, 22-Aug-25)

William Stiritz (Chairman since 2012, CEO 2012-2014) bought $3.94 million of stock on August 19th at $109.53, increasing his ownership by 1%. This purchase follows a $20.4 million private purchase in June at $109. That purchase was from four GRATs, established for his adult children, over which he had no beneficial interest. If those GRATs needed to sell the shares, he was under no obligation to buy them, and the transaction was at market price. So, not only did he spend $20.4 million in June, but it is also interesting to see him add again just two months later in a clean, open-market purchase. 

These are modest additions to his holdings of 4.9 million shares ($540 million market value). This August buy is his first clean open-market purchase since February 2019, when he spent $16.4 million at $65.71 (which we ranked +1). 

His record as a buyer in this stock has been nearly flawless; he qualifies as a “Smart Buyer,” and we have ranked the stock multiple times based on his prior purchases. 

Most of those purchases were at less than half the current price. It is encouraging to see him buying again, more than six years later, with the stock trading close to multi-year highs. The company released its Q2 report on August 8th. 

We are ranking the stock +1 (strongly positive signal).

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