Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA)

Last Closing Price: 32.01 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

Central Garden & Pet Company is a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the lawn & garden and pet supplies markets. Committed to new product innovation, their products are sold to specialty independent and mass retailers. Participating categories in Lawn & Garden include: Grass seed and the brands PENNINGTON, and THE REBELS; wild bird feed and the brand PENNINGTON; weed and insect control and the brands AMDRO, SEVIN, IRONITE and OVER-N-OUT; and decorative outdoor patio products under the PENNINGTON brand. Participating categories in Pet include: Animal health and the brands ADAMS and ZODIAC; aquatics and reptile and the brands AQUEON, CORALIFE, SEGREST and ZILLA; bird & small animal and the brands KAYTEE, Forti-Diet and CRITTER TRAIL; dog & cat and the brands TFH, NYLABONE, FOUR PAWS, IMS, CADET, DMC, K&H Pet Products, PINNACLE and AVODERM; and equine and the brands FARNAM, HORSE HEALTH and VITAFLEX.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $3.20B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $107.98M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 13.58
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 13.39
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 0.66
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 1.36
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 8.64
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 5.20%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 3.90%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 10.14%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 4.40%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 3.31
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.93
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.77
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 2.77
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $23.56
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $1.04
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $2.13
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $1.87
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Packaged Foods
Common Shares Outstanding 65.51M
Free Float 52.22M
Market Capitalization $2.10B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.31M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.68
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 20.28%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 50.82%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $0.00
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.00%