Freshpet vs Post
FRPT and POST side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FRPT and POST compare
Post is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Freshpet ($3.6B against $3.1B).
On earnings, Post is cheaper: it trades at 15.2× trailing earnings, against 26.0× for Freshpet.
Freshpet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.7% versus 6.2% for Post).
Freshpet keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.9% compared with 3.5% at Post.
Freshpet scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 13 for Post), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FRPT | POST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $3.6B |
| Share price | $64.52 | $81.83 |
| Change, 1 year | 16.6% | −23.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −43.6% | −19.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.16 | 0.35 |
| Employees | 1,288 | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 26.0× | 15.2× (better) |
| P/S | 2.6× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 2.5× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.9× | 8.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 46.1× | 6.5× (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.2% | 15.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $105.17 | $157.36 |
| Margin of safety | 38.7% | 48.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.7% (better) | 6.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 28.2% (better) | 11.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 6.5% (better) | −20.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.3% (better) | −7.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 253% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.6% (better) | 28.8% |
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 9.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 10.9% (better) | 3.5% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 6.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 10.9% (better) | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.2% (better) | 5.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 2.48 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 5.34 |
| Interest coverage | 7.6× (better) | 1.9× |
| Current ratio | 5.68 (better) | 1.85 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.31 (better) | 1.43 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 33.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 33.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 132% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 2.6% | 16.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$33.0M (better) | −$33.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.2% | 14.1% |
Go deeper
- FRPT stock overview
- FRPT income statement
- FRPT valuation and score
- POST stock overview
- POST income statement
- POST valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.