---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001530950-24-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POST"
cik: "0001530950"
company_name: "Post Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T11:01:13.548619+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Post Holdings Q1 net sales $2.0B, raises adj. EBITDA guidance; CEO returns; $400M buyback authorized

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $2.0B; net earnings $88.1M; Adj. EBITDA $359.5M; raised FY2024 Adj. EBITDA outlook to $1,290-$1,340M.
- CEO Rob Vitale returned from medical leave effective Jan 30; interim CEO Jeff Zadoks resumes COO role.
- Board approved new $400M share repurchase authorization effective Feb 5, 2024, for two years; prior auth had $234M utilized.
- Existing $400M authorization cancelled; new auth allows open-market and derivative purchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001530950-24-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POST
- cik: 0001530950
- company_name: Post Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095024000051/0001530950-24-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095024000051/post-20240130.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001530950-24-000051
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001530950-24-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Post Holdings, Inc. reported first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $2.0 billion, net income $88.1 million. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $2.0 billion
  - Net income: $88.1 million
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Post Holdings Reports Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024; Raises Fiscal Year 2024 Outlook St. Louis - February 1, 2024 - Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST), a consumer packaged goods holding company, today reported results for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023. Highlights: • First quarter net sales of $2.0 billion • Operating profit of $209.3 million; net earnings of $88.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)* of $359.5 million • Raised fiscal year 2024 Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)* outlook to $1,290-$1,340 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095024000051/0001530950-24-000051-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff A. Zadoks changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Post Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: ceased serving as interim President and CEO
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: In addition, Jeff A. Zadoks, who had been serving as the Company’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer, is no longer serving in those roles as of January 30, 2024 and continues to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095024000051/0001530950-24-000051-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert V. Vitale was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Post Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: reappointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) reappointed Mr. Vitale as the Company’s principal executive officer effective January 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095024000051/0001530950-24-000051-index.htm

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