Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT)

NASDAQ: CENT · USD

$44.3

-0.81 (-1.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.8B
Revenue (ttm)	3.1B
Net income (ttm)	166.3M
EPS (ttm)	$2.67
Shares out	62.6M
P/E (trailing)	16.6x
P/E (forward)	15.5x
Volume	33,828
Beta	0.59

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 3.1B
Net income (ttm): 166.3M
EPS (ttm): $2.67
P/E (trailing): 16.6x
P/E (forward): 15.5x
Market cap: 2.8B

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E15.5

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Trailing P/E16.6

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ROE10

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ROIC8.5

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000887733
Company name	Central Garden & Pet Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	153527106
Earnings date	2026-11-23
Earnings time	amc
Employees	6,000
Employees change	-100
Employees growth	-1.64%
Enterprise value	$3.2B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-27
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1955
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Packaged Foods
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1535271068
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-26
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2007-02-06
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$2.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-23
Options	Yes
Price	$44.27
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Staples
SIC code	5190
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CENT
U.S. state	California
Website	https://www.central.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	15.01x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	17.56x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	15.85x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	15.77x
Earnings yield	6.03%
EV/Earnings	19.22x
EV/EBIT	12.46x
EV/EBITDA	9.45x
EV/FCF	9.25x
EV/Sales	1.04x
FCF / EV yield	10.81%
FCF yield	12.41%
Forward EV/Sales	1.08x
Forward P/E	15.48x
Forward P/S	0.94x
Graham number	40.94967
Graham upside	-7.98%
Industry forward P/E	12.46x
Industry P/E	70.3x
Lynch fair value	$13.35
Lynch upside	-70%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	8.59x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	7.55x
P/B ratio	1.62x
P/E ratio	16.58x
P/FCF ratio	8.06x
P/OCF ratio	7.14x
P/S ratio	0.9x
PEG ratio	1.57x
Price / tangible book value	3.6x
Price/EBITDA ratio	8.23x
Sector forward P/E	21.3x
Sector P/E	28.26x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	8.32%
EBITDA margin	10.98%
Effective tax rate	24.09%
FCF margin	11.21%
Gross margin	32.57%
Operating margin	8.32%
Pretax margin	7.11%
Profit margin	5.39%
Profit per employee	$27,719
Profitable quarters	3
Profitable years	12
Revenue per employee	$514,011
ROA	4.31%
ROA (5Y)	4.72%
ROCE	7.96%
ROE	9.97%
ROE (5Y)	10.39%
ROIC	8.52%
ROIC (5Y)	8.77%
SBC / revenue	0.69%
Tax / revenue	1.71%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	24.88%
EPS growth (Q)	-4.61%
EPS growth (QoQ)	13.28%
EPS growth 10Y	11.4%
EPS growth 3Y	11.87%
EPS growth 5Y	-2.66%
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	10.69%
FCF growth (Q)	25.12%
FCF growth 3Y	16.53%
FCF growth 5Y	4.25%
Gross profit growth	2.55%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-4.62%
Gross profit growth 3Y	1.63%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.03%
Net income growth	20.09%
Net income growth (Q)	-5.42%
Net income growth (QoQ)	13.14%
Net income growth 3Y	11.24%
Net income growth 5Y	-0.24%
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	10.61%
OCF growth (Q)	23.35%
OCF growth 10Y	12.48%
OCF growth 3Y	12.26%
OCF growth 5Y	1.97%
Operating income growth	0.92%
Operating income growth (Q)	-9.49%
Operating income growth 3Y	4.01%
Operating income growth 5Y	-1.2%
Revenue growth	-1.16%
Revenue growth (Q)	-8.18%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-2.63%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.52%
Revenue growth 3Y	-1.91%
Revenue growth 5Y	-0.98%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-44.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$81.8M
EBIT	$256.7M
EBITDA	$338.5M
EPS	$2.67
FCF per share	$5.52
Financing cash flow	$-32.7M
Free cash flow	$345.6M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$324.4M
Gross profit	$1B
Income taxes	$52.8M
Investing cash flow	$-71.8M
Net borrowing	$-82,000
Net cash flow	$284.5M
Net income	$166.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$369.1M
Operating income	$256.7M
Revenue	$3.1B
Stock-based compensation	$21.2M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.57
Book value per share	$27.91
Debt / EBITDA	3.18
Debt / equity	0.81
Debt / FCF	4.08
Goodwill	$545.8M
Interest coverage	4.49
Long-term assets	$1.7B
Long-term liabilities	$1.5B
Net cash (debt)	$-411.9M
Net cash / market cap	-14.79%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.22
Net debt / equity	0.24
Net debt / FCF	1.19
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$538.9M
Shareholders' equity	$1.7B
Tangible book value	$772.9M
Tangible book value per share	$12.36
Total assets	$3.8B
Total cash	$996.7M
Total debt	$1.4B
Total liabilities	$2B
WACC	6.01%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.83
Current assets	$2.1B
Current liabilities	$563.7M
Current ratio	3.79
Inventory turnover	3.08
Net working capital	$625M
Quick ratio	2.58
Working capital	$1.6B
Working capital turnover	2.05

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	4.45%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	4.45%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	90.74%
10Y return CAGR	9.32%
10Y total return	143.7%
150-day SMA	$40.99
15Y price change	386.48%
15Y return CAGR	12.95%
15Y total return	521.57%
1D price change	-1.8%
1M price change	12.05%
1M total return	12.05%
1W price change	2.64%
1W total return	2.64%
1Y price change	37.19%
1Y return CAGR	37.22%
1Y total return	37.19%
20-day SMA	$42.02
200-day SMA	$39.79
20Y price change	163.51%
20Y return CAGR	6.26%
20Y total return	236.68%
3M price change	2.36%
3M total return	2.36%
3Y price change	4.26%
3Y return CAGR	10.03%
3Y total return	33.22%
50-day SMA	$41.65
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$47.36
52-week high date	2026-10-26
52-week low	$30.22
52-week low date	2025-11-03
5Y price change	-10.6%
5Y return CAGR	2.7%
5Y total return	14.22%
6M price change	16.32%
6M total return	16.32%
All-time high	$62.91
All-time high date	2021-03-31
All-time low	$1.08
All-time low date	1995-02-22
Average true range (ATR)	$1.24
Average volume	83.8K
Beta (1Y)	0.32
Beta (2Y)	0.38
Beta (5Y)	0.59
Change from 52-week high	-6.52%
Change from 52-week low	46.49%
Change from all-time high	-29.63%
Change from all-time low	3,987.72%
Change from open	0%
Day's gap	-1.8%
Dollar volume	$1.5M
High price	$44.27
Low price	$44.27
Monthly RSI	57.66
Open price	$44.27
Previous close	$45.08
Price vs 150-day SMA	8.01%
Price vs 20-day SMA	5.37%
Price vs 200-day SMA	11.27%
Price vs 50-day SMA	6.29%
Relative volume	0.4
RSI	65.38
Sharpe ratio	1.17
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.3
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.12
Sortino ratio	2.27
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.65
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.37
Volume	33.8K
Weekly RSI	60.08
YTD price change	37.7%
YTD total return	37.7%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	57.5M
Float percentage	91.82%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.13%
Shares change (YoY)	-4.45%
Shares held by insiders	8.11%
Shares held by institutions	93.84%
Shares outstanding	62.6M
Short % of float	0.64%
Short % of shares	0.58%
Short ratio	4.1 days

Deeper analysis on CENT

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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