Consumer Staples / Packaged FoodsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Central Garden & Pet Company has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

2.4B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

CENT

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E12.6

P25 11.3P50 15.2P75 20.1

Trailing P/E13.9

P25 12.9P50 17.8P75 28.8

ROE10.8

P25 -17.2P50 6.8P75 17.2

ROIC9

P25 -6.6P50 6.3P75 13.6

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Indicator catalog

All CENT market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

USD

Showing 262 of 262 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000887733
Company name	Central Garden & Pet Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	153527106
Employees	6,000
Employees Change	-100%
Employees Change Percent	-1.64
Enterprise value	$3.1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Packaged Foods
Isin	US1535271068
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.4B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$38.14
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	527,102.67x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	5190
Symbol	CENT
Website	https://www.central.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	7.19%
EV Earnings	18.36x
EV Sales Forward	0.98x
EV/EBIT	11.33x
EV/EBITDA	8.71x
EV/FCF	11.15x
EV/Sales	1x
FCF yield	11.85%
Forward P/E	12.57x
P/B ratio	1.44x
P/E ratio	13.85x
P/S ratio	0.75x
PE Ratio10 Y	17.76x
PE Ratio3 Y	15.93x
PE Ratio5 Y	15.85x
PEG ratio	1.26x
PS Forward	0.74x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	8.79%
EBITDA Margin	11.43%
FCF margin	8.93%
Gross margin	32.23%
Gross Profit	$1B
Gross Profit Growth	4.77%
Gross Profit Growth Q	7.98%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	2.79%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	2.61%
Net Income	$171.5M
Net Income Growth	39.17%
Net Income Growth Q	24.81%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	14.87%
Net Income Growth5 Y	1.27%
Pretax Margin	7.18%
Profit Margin	5.42%
Profit Per Employee	$28,577
Profitable Years	12
ROA	4.71
Roa5y	4.72
ROCE	8.85
ROE	10.75
Roe5y	10.39
ROIC	8.95
Roic5y	8.77

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	9.91%
Cagr15y	10.53%
Cagr1y	10.72%
Cagr20y	5.67%
Cagr3y	7.9%
Cagr5y	-3.9%
EPS Growth	46.97
EPS Growth Q	30.61
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	13.82
EPS Growth5 Y	-1.35
FCF Growth	-15.21%
FCF Growth3 Y	58.47%
FCF Growth5 Y	9.48%
OCF Growth	-12.09%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.28%
OCF Growth3 Y	32.55%
OCF Growth5 Y	6.76%
Revenue Growth	0.22x
Revenue Growth Q	8.71x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-1x
Revenue Growth5 Y	0.81x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.86
Assets	$3.7B
Cash	$653.2M
Current Assets	$2.1B
Current Liabilities	$605.2M
Debt	$1.4B
Debt EBITDA	$3.06
Debt Equity	$0.86
Debt FCF	$5.02
Equity	$1.7B
Interest Coverage	4.85
Liabilities	$2.1B
Long Term Assets	$1.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.5B
Net Cash	$-765.2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-32.11
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.12
Net Debt Equity	$0.46
Net Debt FCF	$2.71
Tangible Book Value	$661.6M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$10.59
WACC	5.67

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.45
Inventory Turnover	2.67
Net Working Capital	$880.9M
Quick ratio	2.08
Working Capital	$1.5B
Working Capital Turnover	$2.21

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	5.82%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	157.15%
1Y total return	10.71%
200-day SMA	34.9
3Y total return	25.63%
50-day SMA	37.24
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-18.03%
All Time High	62.91
All Time High Change	-39.37%
All Time High Date	2021-03-31
All Time Low	1.08
All Time Low Change	3,421.7%
All Time Low Date	1995-02-22
ATR	1.31
Beta	0.54
Beta1y	0.62
Beta2y	0.38
Ch YTD	18.63
High	38.62
High52	41.53
High52 Date	2026-05-07
High52ch	-8.16%
Low	37.68
Low52	28.77
Low52 Date	2025-10-14
Low52ch	32.57%
Ma50ch	2.41%
Price vs 200-day SMA	9.27%
RSI	55.17
RSI Monthly	51.65
RSI Weekly	56.6
Sharpe ratio	0.35x
Sortino ratio	0.73
Total Return	5.82%
Tr YTD	18.63
Tr15y	349.13%
Tr1m	5.04%
Tr1w	3.84%
Tr3m	0.39%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.1
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	5.77
Earnings Revenue Estimate	843,632,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	1.21x
Operating Income	$277.9M
Operating Income Growth	14.77
Operating Income Growth Q	15.71
Operating Income Growth3 Y	10.59
Operating Income Growth5 Y	1.22
Operating margin	8.79
Price target	$54
Price Target Change	$41.58

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	57,315,898%
Float Percent	91.72%
Net Borrowing	-125,000
Shares Insiders	8.2%
Shares Institutions	93.29%
Shares Out	62,488,820
Shares Qo Q	-0.31%
Shares Yo Y	-5.82%
Short Float	0.53%
Short Ratio	2.83
Short Shares	0.49

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$261.4M
Average Volume	54,462.1x
Bv Per Share	26.42
CAPEX	$-45.9M
Ch10y	101.3
Ch15y	251.5
Ch1m	5.04
Ch1w	3.84
Ch1y	10.71
Ch20y	135.7
Ch3m	0.39
Ch3y	-1.68
Ch5y	-35.85
Ch6m	21.39
Change	-1.01%
Change From Open	-0.24
Close	38.53
Days Gap	-0.78
Depreciation Amortization	83,658,000
Dollar Volume	1,826,562.7
Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$277.9M
EBITDA	$361.5M
EPS	$2.75
F Score	6
FCF	$282.4M
FCF EV Yield	8.97x
FCF Per Share	$4.52
Financing CF	-88,297,000
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,955
Goodwill	554,692,000
Graham Number	40.46177
Graham Upside	6.09
Income Tax	$55.1M
Investing CF	-102,998,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2026-03-28
Last Split Date	2007-02-06
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-11-26
Lynch Fair Value	$13.77
Lynch Upside	-63.9
Ma150	34.48
Ma150ch	10.63%
Ma20	37.64
Ma20ch	1.32%
Net CF	138,072,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	38.23
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	8.44
P OCF Ratio	7.26
Position In Range	48.94
Post Close	38.14
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.13
Postmarket Price	$38.09
Ppne	553,135,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.59
Ptbv Ratio	3.6
Relative Volume	0.88x
Revenue	3,162,616,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.66x
Share Based Comp	20,986,000
Tax By Revenue	1.74x
Tax Rate	24.3%
Tr20y	201.18%
Tr6m	21.39%
Us State	California
Volume	47,891
Z Score	2.55

Fast facts

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does CENT pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

CENT stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CENT?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+93.3%

Float: +91.7% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+8.2%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CENT momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

55.2

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+9.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.54

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.35

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CENT vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	447.6B	52.5x	1.6x	37.8%	+9.9%	+0.7%	Verkopen
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	337.4B	24.7x	6.8x	19.6%	+8.1%	+11.5%	Sterk kopen
MO	Altria Group Inc.	113.8B	14.2x	5.6x	66.4%	-0.3%	+19.7%	Aanhouden

Questions

About CENT

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What is the current CENT stock rating?

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