Central Garden & Pet Company

General ticker "CENTA" information:

  • Sector: Consumer Staples
  • Industry: Household Products
  • Capitalization: $2.0B (TTM average)

Central Garden & Pet Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 3.6%.

Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 30.29$, high 31.06$

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 9 months up through Q3 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: [27.21$, 40.04$]
  • 2025-09-28 to 2026-09-28 estimated range: [25.79$, 38.81$]

Financial Metrics affecting the CENTA estimates:

  • Positive: with PPE of 17.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
  • Positive: -3.60 < Operating profit margin, % of 5.79
  • Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 15.99 > 13.24
  • Negative: negative Industry operating cash flow (median)
  • Positive: -4.48 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -4.26
  • Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.98
  • Negative: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 1.12 > 0.28
  • Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -4.65 <= 2.97

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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.