Central Garden & Pet Company
General ticker "CENTA" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Packaged Foods
- Capitalization: $2.3B (TTM average)
Central Garden & Pet Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -0.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 29.12$, high 29.97$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 6450 (-3.7%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Supply chain disruptions, Trade tariffs, Liquidity and credit risks, Acquisition/divestiture risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 12 months up through Q4 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-09-28 to 2026-09-28
- 2024-09-28 to 2025-09-28 estimated range: [27.20$, 40.05$]
- 2025-09-28 to 2026-09-28 estimated range: [25.78$, 38.81$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CENTA estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 17.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -5.02 < Operating profit margin, % of 5.79
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 15.99 > 12.91
- Negative: negative Industry operating cash flow (median)
- Negative: 0.74 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 2.33
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: 42.53 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 43.78 <= 64.17
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -4.26 <= -0.62
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Long-term CENTA plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-09-24 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $3,338.59MM | $3,310.08MM | $3,200.46MM |
| Operating Expenses | $3,078.55MM | $3,099.44MM | $3,015.07MM |
| Operating Income | $260.04MM | $210.65MM | $185.39MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-61.13MM | $-48.20MM | $-42.96MM |
| Interest Expense | $58.25MM | $57.02MM | $57.53MM |
| Income(Loss) | $198.91MM | $162.44MM | $142.43MM |
| Taxes | $46.23MM | $36.35MM | $33.11MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $152.15MM | $125.64MM | $107.98MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,333.71MM | $1,451.35MM | $1,555.65MM |
| Inventory | $938.00MM | $838.19MM | $757.94MM |
| Assets | $3,282.00MM | $3,378.65MM | $3,553.44MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-34.03MM | $381.63MM | $394.89MM |
| Capital expenditure | $115.20MM | $53.97MM | $43.13MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-142.98MM | $-34.58MM | $-105.19MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-66.81MM | $-37.55MM | $-25.44MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.86 | $2.35 | $1.64 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are valid for ticker CENT. EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.