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General information

Country: UNITED STATES

Sector: Packaged Foods

Central Garden & Pet Company supplies consumer lawn and garden and pet supply products. The Company offers dogs and cats supplies products, including edible bones, healthy edible and non-edible chews, pet carriers, and grooming supplies, as well as products for birds, small animals, and specialty pets, including food, cages and habitats, toys, chews, and related accessories.
Website: central.com



Growth: Bad revenue growth rate -10.8%, there is slowdown compared to average historical growth rates -0.7%. The revenue growth dynamics is unstable

Profitability: LTM EBITDA margin is positive, +8.6%. On average the margin is decreasing unsteadily. Gross margin is normal, +25.2%. In the last quarter the company did not beat the estimated EPS, -4.3%. The company was ahead of estimated EPS in 60% of quarters (showing a gain of +$0.02 per share on average)

Cash Flow Generation: Dividend yield for the last twelve months 0.0%. Free cash flow yield 0.0% (LTM)

Undervaluation: Fundamental value created in LTM (estimate)


Entry Point: Share price is 10.2% higher than minimum and 37.2% lower than maximum for the last 3 years

AI Insight: the companies with similar growth trajectories, EBITDA margin, industries and geography on average are valued 1.7x by EV / Sales multiple , the company can be 98.0% undervalued

Key Financials (Download financials)

Ticker: CENT
Share price, USD:  (0.0%)31.95
year average price 35.09  


year start price 36.04 2025-01-08

max close price 41.07 2025-07-23

min close price 28.98 2025-10-13

current price 31.95 2026-01-07
Common stocks: 65 939 000

Dividend Yield:  0.0%
EV / LTM EBITDA: 10.1x
EV / Sales: 0.9x
Margin (EBITDA LTM / Revenue): 8.6%
Fundamental value created in LTM:
Market Cap ($m): 2 107
Net Debt ($m): 669
EV (Enterprise Value): 2 776
Price to Book: 1.3x

Revenue and EBITDA

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Change (y/y)

Cash Flow

FCF ($m)

Net Debt / Cash and Equivalents ($m)

Share price and dividends (Download history)

Share price

Payment USD per share

Multiple and potential

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Potential dynamics

News


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Income Statement

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Balance Sheet Statement

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acceptedDate 2025-11-12 16:02:04 2025-08-07 14:16:18 2025-05-08 13:21:26 2024-11-27 16:32:07 2024-08-08 15:28:30 2024-05-09 15:50:55 2024-02-08 13:40:11 2023-11-28 16:28:05 2023-08-03 15:03:25 2023-05-03 19:30:16 2023-02-01 13:07:09 2022-11-22 16:00:32
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Cash Flow Statement

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date 2025-09-27 2025-06-28 2025-03-29 2024-09-28 2024-06-29 2024-03-30 2023-12-30 2023-09-30 2023-06-24 2023-03-25 2022-12-24 2022-09-24
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acceptedDate 2025-11-12 16:02:04 2025-08-07 14:16:18 2025-05-08 13:21:26 2024-11-27 16:32:07 2024-08-08 15:28:30 2024-05-09 15:50:55 2024-02-08 13:40:11 2023-11-28 16:28:05 2023-08-03 15:03:25 2023-05-03 19:30:16 2023-02-01 13:07:09 2022-11-22 16:00:32
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Earning call transcript

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SEC form 8
2025-11-24 16:24 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2025 q3
SEC form 8
2025-11-24 16:24 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2025 q3
SEC form 8
2025-07-11 13:20 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2025 q2
SEC form 8
2025-07-11 13:20 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2025 q2
SEC form 10
2025-05-08 17:21 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2025 q1
SEC form 8
2025-05-07 20:06 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2025 q1
SEC form 8
2025-05-07 20:06 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2025 q1
SEC form 10
2025-02-06 19:43 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2024 q4
SEC form 10
2024-11-27 16:32 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2024 q3
SEC form 8
2024-11-25 16:17 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2024 q3
SEC form 8
2024-11-25 16:17 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2024 q3
SEC form 10
2024-08-08 15:28 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2024 q2
SEC form 10
2024-05-09 15:50 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2024 q1
SEC form 10
2024-02-08 13:40 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2023 q4
SEC form 8
2023-11-20 19:21 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2023 q3
SEC form 10
2023-08-03 15:03 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2023 q2
SEC form 6
2023-08-02 16:15 ET
Central Garden & Pet reported for 2023 q2
SEC form 6
2023-06-14 13:51 ET
Central Garden & Pet published news for 2023 q1