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Central Garden & Pet Company

CENT · NASDAQ

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CENTCentral Garden & Pet Company

Overview

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Key stats

Aug 20

52-wk high: $46.97
52-wk low: $28.77
Prev close: $35.81
Mkt cap: $2.78B
P/E: 16.4x
Fwd P/E: 13.7x

Smart money

8 funds hold a position.

Real smart money

Funds holding this stock

8 holders

Combined position$115.7M

JS
Jim Simons
Q2 2026 13F
$9.4M
position
MW
Marshall Wace
Q2 2026 13F

Earnings

Reported Aug 5, 2026

Earnings came in 2.0% above what analysts expected.

Documents

Quarterly report10-Q Annual report10-K

Financials

Fundamentals

Is the business strong?

Fairly priced and running thin margins.

Net margin: 5.4%
P/E: 16.43
Forward P/E: 13.66
Market cap: $2.8B

Valuation

P/S0.90
P/B1.59

Quality

Operating margin14.3%

Technicals

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Price structure

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Company

Symbol: CENT
Exchange: NASDAQ
Sector: CONSUMER DEFENSIVE
Industry: PACKAGED FOODS
Market cap: $2.78B
Beta: 0.55

Analysts

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Beta

0.55

P/S

0.9x

P/B

1.6x

Profit margin

+5.4%

Op margin

+14.3%

ROE

+10.0%

$4.5M

position

AQ

AQR

Q2 2026 13F

$1.6M

position

5 more holders

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Coverage gaps for CENT

No recent insider trade
No recent Congress trade
No recent market-voice mention

Earnings per share

$1.54+2.0%

$1.51 expected

Next report

What the street expects next

EPS expected

-$0.04

-$0.05 to -$0.03

Revenue expected

$607.3M

4 analysts

Last 30 days

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Analysts cutting estimates

Estimate drift

0.01

Change in 30 days

ROE10.0%

ROA4.3%

Growth

Beta0.55