Post Holdings: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Post Holdings Inc. (POST) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $99.8 million.

The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.53 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.54 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.21 per share.

The cereal maker posted revenue of $1.95 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.01 billion.

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