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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Market cap

1.9B

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Market data

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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/E12.3

P25 11.3P50 15.2P75 20.1

Trailing P/E13.4

P25 12.9P50 17.8P75 28.8

ROE10.4

P25 -17.2P50 6.8P75 17.2

ROIC5.5

P25 -6.6P50 6.3P75 13.6

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Indicator catalog

All CENTA 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

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Showing 249 of 249 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	153527205
Employees	6,000
Employees Change	-100%
Employees Change Percent	-1.64
Enterprise value	$2.4B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Packaged Foods
IPO Date	1993-07-15
Isin	US1535272058
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.9B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$34.24
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	521,510.67x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	5190
Symbol	CENTA
Website	https://www.central.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.68%
EV Earnings	14.96x
EV Sales Forward	0.76x
EV/EBIT	9.16x
EV/EBITDA	6.94x
EV/FCF	8.37x
EV/Sales	0.78x
FCF yield	15.51%
Forward P/E	12.29x
P/B ratio	1.18x
P/E ratio	13.43x
P/S ratio	0.6x
PE Ratio10 Y	18.24x
PE Ratio3 Y	16.66x
PE Ratio5 Y	16.28x
PS Forward	0.59x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	8.5%
EBITDA Margin	11.22%
FCF margin	9.3%
Gross margin	32.05%
Gross Profit	$1B
Gross Profit Growth	4.46%
Gross Profit Growth Q	13.38%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	0.36%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	4.72%
Net Income	$162.8M
Net Income Growth	50.8%
Net Income Growth Quarters	4%
Net Income Growth3 Y	2.29%
Net Income Growth5 Y	6.18%
Pretax Margin	6.93%
Profit Margin	5.2%
Profit Per Employee	$27,141
ROA	4.63
Roa5y	4.72
ROCE	8.62
ROE	10.44
Roe5y	10.39
ROIC	5.54
Roic5y	5.69

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	8.69%
Cagr15y	9.66%
Cagr1y	13.35%
Cagr3y	4.73%
Cagr5y	-4.73%
EPS Growth	57.41
EPS Growth Quarters	4
EPS Growth3 Y	4.42
EPS Growth5 Y	3
FCF Growth	-17.25%
FCF Growth Q	-10.96%
FCF Growth5 Y	5.64%
OCF Growth	-15.8%
OCF Growth Q	-10.03%
OCF Growth10 Y	14.29%
OCF Growth5 Y	4.7%
Revenue Growth	-2.23x
Revenue Growth Q	1.3x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-2.14x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.03x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.87
Assets	$3.6B
Cash	$882.5M
Current Assets	$2B
Current Liabilities	$538.8M
Debt	$1.4B
Debt EBITDA	$3.21
Debt Equity	$0.91
Debt FCF	$4.95
Equity	$1.6B
Interest Coverage	4.61
Liabilities	$2B
Long Term Assets	$1.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.5B
Net Cash	$-557.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-29.72
Tangible Book Value	$580.9M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$9.24
WACC	5.65

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.67
Inventory Turnover	2.87
Net Working Capital	$611.8M
Quick ratio	2.24
Working Capital	$1.4B
Working Capital Turnover	$2.23

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	4.55%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Years	1
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	130.11%
1Y total return	13.34%
200-day SMA	31.4
3Y total return	14.87%
50-day SMA	33.08
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-21.53%
All Time High	44.66
All Time High Change	-23.32%
All Time High Date	2021-05-10
All Time Low	1.61
All Time Low Change	2,029.35%
All Time Low Date	2008-10-28
ATR	1.2
Beta	0.62
Ch YTD	17.3
High	34.96
High52	37.71
High52 Date	2026-05-07
High52ch	-9.2%
Low	33.74
Low52	25.97
Low52 Date	2025-10-14
Low52ch	31.84%
Ma50ch	3.5%
Premarket Change Percent	-0.4
Premarket Price	$34.6
Premarket Volume	21,002
Price vs 200-day SMA	9.03%
RSI	55.35
RSI Monthly	53.78
RSI Weekly	57.51
Sharpe ratio	0.43x
Sortino ratio	0.84
Total Return	4.55%
Tr YTD	17.3
Tr15y	298.51%
Tr1m	6.14%
Tr1w	2.27%
Tr3m	0.47%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	3
Analyst Ratings	Hold
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	$266.1M
Operating Income Growth	19.41
Operating Income Growth3 Y	0.77
Operating Income Growth5 Y	6.09
Operating margin	8.5
Price target	$38.67
Price Target Change	$12.94

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	57,298,251%
Float Percent	91.92%
Shares Insiders	8.01%
Shares Institutions	94.02%
Shares Out	62,332,706
Shares Qo Q	-0.26%
Shares Yo Y	-4.55%
Short Float	1.77%
Short Ratio	2.59
Short Shares	1.63

Other indicators

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$270M
Average Volume	297,347.3x
Bv Per Share	25.18
CAPEX	$-41.4M
Ch10y	130.1
Ch15y	298.5
Ch1m	6.14
Ch1w	2.27
Ch1y	13.34
Ch3m	0.47
Ch3y	14.87
Ch5y	-21.53
Ch6m	20.61
Change	-1.44%
Change From Open	-1.38
Close	34.74
Days Gap	-0.06
Dollar Volume	11,082,392.3
Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$266.1M
EBITDA	$351M
EPS	$2.55
F Score	6
FCF	$291.1M
FCF EV Yield	11.95x
FCF Per Share	$4.67
Financing CF	-156,643,000
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,955
Goodwill	554,692,000
Graham Number	37.96725
Graham Upside	28.4
Income Tax	$52.8M
Investing CF	-44,886,000
Is Primary Listing	0
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2025-09-27
Last Split Date	2024-02-09
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-11-26
Lynch Fair Value	$15.85
Lynch Upside	-46.41
Ma150	30.95
Ma150ch	10.62%
Ma20	33.93
Ma20ch	0.91%
Net CF	130,030,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	34.72
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	6.45
P OCF Ratio	5.64
Position In Range	40.98
Ppne	586,051,000
Pre Close	34.74
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$5.35
Ptbv Ratio	3.23
Relative Volume	1.09x
Revenue	3,129,064,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.67x
Share Based Comp	21,060,000
Tax By Revenue	1.69x
Tax Rate	24.35%
Tr6m	20.61%
Us State	California
Volume	323,668
Z Score	2.6

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does CENTA pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

CENTA stock returns vs the market

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

Ownership

Who owns CENTA?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+94.0%

Float: +91.9% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+8.0%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CENTA momentum and risk profile

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

RSI (14)

55.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+9.0%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.62

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.43

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

Peers

CENTA 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%	Sprzedaj
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	337.4B	24.7x	6.8x	19.6%	+8.1%	+11.5%	Zdecydowanie kupuj
MO	Altria Group Inc.	113.8B	14.2x	5.6x	66.4%	-0.3%	+19.7%	Trzymaj

Questions

About CENTA

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What is the current CENTA stock rating?

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