CENTACentral Garden & Pet Co
−0.8% today · +32.7% over a year
10/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 92% of the instruments we score
Priced lower than most peers. No dividend.
Central Garden & Pet Co (CENTA) belongs to the Consumer staples sector and is listed on Nasdaq; country: United States. Its market value is about €2.2B. Over the past 12 months the price changed by +32.7%, with an annualised volatility of 25% and a largest fall of 17%.
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Consumer staples companies in USA (n = 94)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Volatility (1 y)supports the score · better than 87% of peers
- Piotroski F-scoresupports the score · better than 91% of peers
- Free cash flow / EVsupports the score · better than 98% of peers
Red flags and notes
No red flagsNone of our published warning rules is triggered right now.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 14.5
- P/B
- 1.4
- P/S
- 0.8
- EV/EBIT
- 10.4
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 14.4%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €2.2B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 10.0%
- Return on invested capital
- 9.5%
- Gross margin
- 32.5%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.59
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- Years of dividend growth
- 0
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- −0.8%
- 1 month
- +13.9%
- 1 year
- +32.7%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 25.4%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −17.4%
- Beta
- 0.62
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
Similar companies
Same sector and region, closest in market value.
| ANDEAndersons Inc | 5/10 | 1.2% | 38.5% |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTCentral Garden & Pet Co | 10/10 | 0.0% | 39.7% |
| SAMBoston Beer Co Inc The | 4/10 | 0.0% | −12.0% |
| COTYCoty | 1/10 | 0.0% | −19.8% |
| CALMCal-Maine Foods Inc | 1/10 | 3.9% | −29.1% |
| UNFIUnited Natural Foods | 4/10 | 0.0% | 24.0% |
| WDFCWD-40 Co | 7/10 | 1.9% | 14.0% |
| MZTIThe Marzetti Company | 7/10 | 3.7% | −31.9% |
News and filings
- CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO: 8-K — Director or officer change
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 22 Sep 2026
- CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 27 Jun 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 6 Aug 2026
- CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO: 8-K — Results of operations
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Aug 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 2 entries
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly idea (general research) | 10/10 | 10 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 10/10 | 10 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro |
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