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CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

Central Garden & Pet Company operates in the U.S. pet and garden industries through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment offers products for dogs, cats, aquatics, small animals, reptiles, birds, equine, and livestock, including treats, toys, grooming items, and health solutions. The Garden segment provides lawn and garden consumables such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and live plants. The company serves consumers, retailers, and eCommerce channels with a portfolio of well-known brands.

Snapshot

Revenue
$3.13B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-2.2%
Net income
$162.8M
Diluted EPS
$2.55
Gross margin
31.9%
Operating margin
8.0%
Net margin
5.2%
FCF margin
9.3%
ROE
10.3%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
16.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$2.77B
Long-term debt / equity
0.75×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 27, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Central Garden & Pet

  • Revenue fell 2.2% to $3.1B in FY2025, after a 3.3% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 8.0% in FY2025, +0.3 pp against 7.7% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $882M, down 8.2% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $291M in FY2025, 9.3% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 50.8% to $163M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Central Garden & Pet’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin31.9%
58th percentile of 466
Operating margin8.0%
59th percentile of 605
Net margin5.2%
58th percentile of 645
FCF margin9.3%
69th percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)-2.2%
28th percentile of 668
ROE10.3%
60th percentile of 600
P/E16.4×
28th percentile of 435
Long-term debt / equity0.75×
67th percentile of 409
Short interest3.04d
46th percentile of 676

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 3 insider sales totaling $539,600. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
2
1 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$12.0M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$9.4M212.9KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.6M36.1KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$991,48722.4KReduced

No longer held by: Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
3
$540K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-13
filed 2026-08-17
BROWN WILLIAM EChairmanSell3.9K$39.00$152K
2026-08-12
Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSell5.0K$39.00$195K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSell5.0K$38.50$193K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
379.0K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+37.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.04
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
124.6K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14379.0K+37.1%3.04
2026-07-31276.5K-7.5%3.78
2026-07-15298.8K-18.1%3.44
2026-06-30364.8K-7.8%3.41
2026-06-15395.8K-1.7%5.01
2026-05-29402.5K+14.3%6.93
2026-05-15352.0K+12.2%5.83
2026-04-30313.6K+2.6%8.01

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$3.13B$3.20B$3.31B$3.34B$3.30B
Gross profit$997.3M$943.7M$946.8M$992.3M$970.9M
Operating income$250.0M$185.4M$210.6M$260.0M$254.5M
Net income$162.8M$108.0M$125.6M$152.2M$151.7M
Diluted EPS$2.55$1.62$1.88$2.24$2.75

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$882.5M$753.5M$488.7M$177.4M$426.4M
Current assets$1.98B$1.89B$1.71B$1.55B$1.54B
Total assets$3.63B$3.55B$3.38B$3.28B$3.12B
Current liabilities$538.8M$515.4M$458.0M$465.9M$522.3M
Long-term debt$1.19B$1.19B$1.19B$1.19B$1.18B
Total liabilities$2.04B$2.00B$1.93B$1.95B$1.89B
Total equity$1.58B$1.56B$1.45B$1.33B$1.22B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$332.5M$394.9M$381.6M$-34.0M$250.8M
Capital expenditure$41.4M$43.1M$54.0M$115.2M$80.3M
Free cash flow$291.1M$351.8M$327.7M$-149.2M$170.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$882.4M-8.2%$89.9M$1.45
Q2 FY2026$906.2M8.7%$79.4M$1.28
Q1 FY2026$617.4M-6.0%$6.8M$0.11
Q4 FY2025$678.2M1.3%$-9.8M$-0.16
Q3 FY2025$960.9M-3.6%$95.0M$1.52
Q2 FY2025$833.5M-7.4%$63.6M$0.98
Q1 FY2025$656.4M3.5%$14.0M$0.21
Q4 FY2024$669.5M-10.8%$-34.2M$-0.51

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryWholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 27, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 27, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK887733

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-27
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8-K2026-05-06
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8-K2026-02-18
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.