CENT Central Garden & Pet Company

NAS · US · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · central.com

39.70USD-0.28%Mkt Cap: 2.48B $P/E: 14.701d ago

Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States. It operates through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment provides do…

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Key Statistics

Company

Market Cap2.48B USD

Enterprise Value2.90B USD

Revenue (TTM)3.08B USD

Gross Profit997.34M USD

Net Income (TTM)162.84M USD

Revenue/Share50.16 USD

Last Price39.70 USD

Fiscal Year EndSep 2025

MR QuarterJun 2026

Employees6.0K

CountryUS

SectorConsumer Defensive

IndustryPackaged Foods

ISIN—

Valuation

P/E (Trailing)14.70

P/E (Forward)13.03

PEG2.01

EV/EBITDA8.58

EV/Revenue0.94

P/S0.81

P/B1.43

EPS (TTM)2.70

EPS (Forward)3.06

52W Range

28.7760% of range46.97

52W High46.97 USD

52W Low28.77 USD

Profitability

Gross Margin31.87%

Oper. Margin14.26%

EBITDA Margin10.97%

Profit Margin5.20%

ROE10.29%

ROA4.49%

Growth

Revenue Growth-8.20%

Earnings Growth-4.60%

Cash Flow & Leverage

Operating CF332.51M USD

CapEx (TTM)41.42M USD

FCF Margin11.10%

FCF Yield13.78%

Net Debt411.88M USD

Net Debt/EBITDA1.22

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity0.91

Current Ratio3.79

Quick Ratio2.58

Book Value/Sh27.91 USD

Cash/Share15.92 USD

Dividends

Fwd Div Rate—

Trail. Div Rate0.00 USD

Div. Yield0.00%

5Y Avg Yield—

Payout Ratio0.00%

Ex-Div Date—

Pay Date—

Splits

Last Split1277:1000

Split DateFeb 9, 2024

Analyst Consensus

Rating—

Target (Mean)53.00 USD

Upside (mean)+33.5%

Target Range46.00 USD – 60.00 USD

46.00+33.5% to mean60.00

# Analysts2

Ownership

Shares Out.9.65M

Float57.53M

Insiders15.91%

Institutions97.97%

Short Interest

Short Ratio3.5d

Short % Float6.97%

Short % Out.0.62%

Shares Short385.06K

Short (prev mo.)379.00K

Technical

SMA 5042.29 (-6.1%)

SMA 20038.90 (+2.1%)

Beta0.54

S&P 52W Chg14.58%

Avg Vol (30d)93.14K

Avg Vol (10d)71.70K

Technical Indicators

RSI (14)40.5

MACD-0.8524

MACD Signal-0.9306

MACD Hist.+0.0782

BB Upper41.49 USD

BB Middle40.00 USD

BB Lower38.51 USD

BB Width7.47%

ATR (14)0.8947 USD

Vol Ratio (20d)0.90x