CENT
Central Garden & Pet Company
CENT's fundamentals are mixed: it turned 11% of its revenue into free cash flow, but revenue fell 1.2%. Its PE isn't a useful guide right now because of how its recent earnings were reported.
CENT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
CENT's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
CENT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 14x | $37.59 | -20% |
| Forward | 15x | $47.12 | — |
| Fair | 16x | $43.69 | -7.3% |
| Current | 16x | $47.12 | — |
| Expensive | 19x | $51.07 | +8.4% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CENT's PE is 16x, but its earnings don't support one, so it isn't a reliable read right now.
CENT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect CENT's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
CENT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.08 | +15% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.68 | +22% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.75 | +47% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.45 | +35% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.55 | +57% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.20 | +1.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.87 | -15% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.82 | -7.6% |
| Q3 2024 | $1.62 | -12% |
CENT earned $2.68 per share over the past year, up 22% from the year before.
CENT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $882.4M | -8.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $906.2M | +8.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $617.4M | -6% |
| Q3 2025 | $678.2M | +1.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $960.9M | -3.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $833.5M | -7.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $656.4M | +3.5% |
| Q3 2024 | $669.5M | -11% |
CENT's revenue grew through 2022 and has held roughly level since: $882M last quarter, down 8.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 14% | +0.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | 13% | +1.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 2.7% | -1.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | -0.9% | +3.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 14% | +2.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 11% | +0.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | 4.3% | +2.9 points |
| Q3 2024 | -4.8% | -6.1 points |
CENT's operating margin was 14% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
CENT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $314.9M | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | -$60.1M | -$2.6M |
| Q4 2025 | -$81M | -$6.1M |
| Q3 2025 | $171.9M | -11% |
| Q2 2025 | $251.7M | -7.6% |
| Q1 2025 | -$57.5M | -$23.7M |
| Q4 2024 | -$74.9M | +$5M |
| Q3 2024 | $193M | +37% |
CENT generated $346M in free cash flow over the past year, up 11% from the year before.
CENT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +78K shares |
| 1 year | -1.1% | -663K shares |
| 3 years | -9.1% | -6.2M shares |
| 5 years | -13% | -9.1M shares |
| Available history | -14% | -10.4M shares |
CENT has 62M diluted shares, down 1.1% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $951,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $7.9M |
| Q4 2025 | $20M |
| Q3 2025 | $332,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $56.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $44.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $54M |
| Q3 2024 | $9.3M |
CENT spent $29M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 82% from the year before.
CENT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q3 2024 | 1.6x | Healthy |
CENT's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 1.5 years a year ago.
CENT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 66.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 81.9 | Overbought |
CENT's weekly RSI is 66 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 82 (overbought).
CENT PE vs Consumer Defensive Sector
| Metric | CENT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 16x | 19x | 20% below |
| PE % | 41 | 18 | 23 pts above |
CENT is trading at 16x earnings, a 20% discount to the Consumer Defensive sector's median of 19x, though its earnings don't support one.
CENT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $43.5 | 8.4% above |
| 20 week MA | $43.2 | 9.1% above |
| 50 week MA | $39.4 | 20% above |
| 100 week MA | $37.5 | 26% above |
| 200 week MA | $37.3 | 26% above |
CENT is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 26% above its 200-week average.
CENT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $24.6 | $28.8 | +17% |
| 2021 | $28.8 | $40.3 | +40% |
| 2022 | $40.3 | $29.7 | -26% |
| 2023 | $29.7 | $50.1 | +69% |
| 2024 | $50.1 | $39.2 | -22% |
| 2025 | $39.2 | $32.7 | -17% |
| 2026 YTD | $32.7 | $47.1 | +44% |
CENT is up 44% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in three of the previous six years.