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Analyst Ratings
10 analystsRevenue
$882.36M+113.43%Analyst Estimates
Consensus estimates, not results. Via Financial Modeling Prep.
Company Profile
- CEO
- Nicholas Lahanas
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Employees
- 6,000
- Beta
- 0.54
- Country
- US
- Piotroski score
- 7 / 9 (Strong)
- Altman Z-score
- 2.71
Financials
Revenue
$882.36M+113.4%Net Income
$89.86MEBITDA
$187.19M+2571.1%Free Cash Flow
$314.87M+486.3%EPS (diluted)
$1.45Shares Outstanding (diluted)
61.95M+25.3%Operating Expenses
$191.07MCash & Debt
$996.71MReturn of Capital
$951.0KRevenue by Segment (annual)
$3.13BDividend per Share
$22.87Quote
Valuation & Ratios
Returns & Efficiency
Revenue & Net Income (Annual)
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Net Income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.13B | $162.84M | $2.58 |
| 2024 | $3.20B | $107.98M | $1.64 |
| 2023 | $3.31B | $125.64M | $1.88 |
| 2022 | $3.34B | $152.15M | $2.29 |
| 2021 | $3.30B | $151.75M | $2.25 |
| 2020 | $2.70B | $120.68M | $2.23 |
| 2019 | $2.38B | $92.79M | $1.63 |
| 2018 | $2.22B | $123.59M | $2.39 |
| 2017 | $2.05B | $78.83M | $1.57 |
| 2016 | $1.83B | $44.51M | $0.91 |
| 2015 | $1.65B | $31.97M | $0.66 |
| 2014 | $1.60B | $8.80M | $0.18 |
| 2013 | $1.65B | $-1.93M | $-0.04 |
| 2012 | $1.70B | $21.17M | $0.44 |
Valuation
Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.
Seeded from CENT's reported EPS growth of 14.6% a year over 13 years.
- EPS in 5 years
- $5.10
- Implied price
- $66.32
- Return from $39.51
- 10.9% a year
To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $32.97 — -16.5% below today's price.
How sensitive is that answer?
Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.
| growth \ P/E | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6% | -5.9% | -2.1% | 1.2% | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 9.6% | -1.4% | 2.6% | 6.1% | 9.2% | 11.9% |
| 14.6% | 3.1% | 7.3% | 10.9% | 14.1% | 17.0% |
| 19.6% | 7.5% | 12.0% | 15.8% | 19.1% | 22.1% |
| 24.6% | 12.0% | 16.6% | 20.6% | 24.1% | 27.2% |
This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.
Signal Score (90d)
30-81.25%Social Signal Score
Mentions (7)
- Newszacks.com·4d ago·Negative
Is Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Stock Outpacing Its Consumer Discretionary Peers This Year? Here is how Central Garden (CENT) and People (PPLI) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
View source ↗ - Newszacks.com·25d ago·Positive
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View source ↗ - Newszacks.com·35d ago·Positive
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View source ↗ - Newsfool.com·38d ago·Negative
Central Garden & Pet Chairman Sells 3,900 Shares for $152,100 The insider reported an indirect sale of 3,900 shares for $152,100. This transaction represents a 0.3% reduction in total equity holdings, which remain substantial at approximately 1.3 million shares.
View source ↗ - Newszacks.com·53d ago·Positive
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View source ↗ - Newszacks.com·54d ago·Positive
Here's Why Central Garden (CENT) is a Strong Growth Stock Wondering how to pick strong, market-beating stocks for your investment portfolio? Look no further than the Zacks Style Scores.
View source ↗ - Newsmarketbeat.com·55d ago·Neutral
Central Garden & Pet Eyes Record Profits, European Expansion With TRIXIE Deal Central Garden & Pet NASDAQ: CENT executives said the company is entering a period of record profitability, expanding margins and increased acquisition activity as it simplifies its operating structure and pursues growth in pet and garden products.
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Earnings
Mon, Nov 23(in 7 weeks)
Consensus estimate $-0.06 per share
Typical surprise +19.4% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)
- Wed, Aug 5$1.54 vs $1.53beat
- Wed, May 6$1.29 vs $1.08beat
- Wed, Feb 4$0.21 vs $0.11beat
- Mon, Nov 24$-0.09 vs $-0.20beat
- Wed, Aug 6$1.56 vs $1.34beat
- Wed, May 7$1.04 vs $0.94beat
Estimates and results for CENT via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.
Insider trading
Open-market buys and sells by CENT officers and directors.
- Bought
- —
- Sold
- $8.7m
0 trades
18 trades
- Brown William Esold
- Walker John D. Iiisold
- Walker John D. Iiisold
- Ranelli Johnsold
- Hanson John Edwardsold
- Dougher Brendansold
- Metz Christopher Tsold
- Brown William Esold
82 further Form 4 entries are share awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax. Those are compensation, not trades, so they are excluded above. Buying is the stronger signal: an insider spends their own money for one reason. Selling has many innocent explanations — tax, diversifying, a house — so it says far less than it appears to. Via SEC filings.
Congress trades
- Josh S. Gottheimerhouse · NJ05 · disclosed May 7, 2021 (29d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
- Gilbert Ray Cisneroshouse · CA31 · disclosed Jun 16, 2020 (32d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
- Josh S. Gottheimerhouse · NJ05 · disclosed Jun 10, 2020 (34d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
- Gilbert Ray Cisneroshouse · CA31 · disclosed Feb 18, 2020 (20d later)Buy$15,001 - $50,000
- Josh S. Gottheimerhouse · NJ05 · disclosed Feb 10, 2020 (31d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
- Gilbert Ray Cisneroshouse · CA31 · disclosed Jan 10, 2020 (11d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
- Josh S. Gottheimerhouse · NJ05 · disclosed Jan 6, 2020 (27d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
- Gilbert Ray Cisneroshouse · CA39 · disclosed Oct 16, 2019 (29d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
- Gilbert Ray Cisneroshouse · CA39 · disclosed Mar 8, 2019 (23d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
- Josh S. Gottheimerhouse · NJ05 · disclosed Oct 2, 2018 (214d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
Self-reported filings, amounts as brackets. Via Senate/House disclosures.