CENTA
Central Garden & Pet Company
CENTA'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.
CENTA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
CENTA's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
CENTA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 13x | $40.37 | — |
| Cheap | 14x | $37.59 | -6.9% |
| Fair | 16x | $43.69 | +8.2% |
| Current | 16x | $40.37 | — |
| Expensive | 19x | $51.07 | +26% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CENTA's PE is 16x, but its earnings don't support one, so it isn't a reliable read right now.
CENTA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect CENTA's earnings to grow, with its revenue and profitability holding steady.
CENTA 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 | -16% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.82 | -9.9% |
| Q3 2024 | $1.62 | -14% |
CENTA earned $2.68 per share over the past year, up 22% from the year before.
CENTA 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% |
CENTA'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 |
CENTA's operating margin was 14% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
CENTA 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% |
CENTA generated $346M in free cash flow over the past year, up 11% from the year before.
CENTA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +78K shares |
| 1 year | -1.1% | -663K shares |
| 3 years | -7.2% | -4.8M shares |
| 5 years | -11% | -7.6M shares |
| Available history | -12% | -8.8M shares |
CENTA has 62M diluted shares, down 1.1% from a year ago, with $29M in buybacks over the past year.
| 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 |
CENTA spent $29M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 82% from the year before.
CENTA 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 |
CENTA's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 1.5 years a year ago.
CENTA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 64.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 79.6 | Neutral |
CENTA's weekly RSI is 65 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 80 (neutral).
CENTA PE vs Consumer Defensive Sector
| Metric | CENTA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 16x | 19x | 20% below |
| PE % | 41 | 18 | 23 pts above |
CENTA is trading at 16x earnings, a 20% discount to the Consumer Defensive sector's median of 19x, though its earnings don't support one.
CENTA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $37.4 | 8% above |
| 20 week MA | $37.4 | 7.9% above |
| 50 week MA | $34.7 | 16% above |
| 100 week MA | $33.1 | 22% above |
| 200 week MA | $32.9 | 23% above |
CENTA is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 23% above its 200-week average.
CENTA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $23.8 | $27.9 | +17% |
| 2021 | $27.9 | $37.5 | +34% |
| 2022 | $37.5 | $28.9 | -23% |
| 2023 | $28.9 | $35.2 | +22% |
| 2024 | $35.2 | $33.3 | -5.5% |
| 2025 | $33.3 | $29.6 | -11% |
| 2026 YTD | $29.6 | $40.4 | +36% |
CENTA is up 36% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in three of the previous six years.