CENT

MKT CAP:$2B

Central Garden & Pet Company

Market Cap

$2B

Consumer Defensive·Packaged Foods·🇺🇸 United States·NASDAQ

Consumer Def.·Packaged Foods·🇺🇸·NASDAQ

Stock Price

$38.49+$6.54 (+20.47%)

Apr 24, 2026

Company Details

Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States. It operates through two segments, Pet and Garden. The Pet segment provides dog and cat supplies, ...

CEO

Nicholas Lahanas

IPO Date

Jul 15, 1992

Website

www.central.com

Key Metrics TTM

Revenue

$3.3B

— YoY

Net Income

$191M

EPS (Diluted)

$3.27

Free Cash Flow

$496M

Revenue / Share

$52.68

Gross Margin

31.1%

Operating Margin

8.9%

Net Margin

5.8%

FCF Margin

15.2%

P/S

0.7x

P/E

12.6x

Earnings Reports

Q2 2026

May 6, 2026

PENDING

Q1 2026

Feb 5, 2026

$617MEPS $0.11

Q3 2025

Aug 7, 2025

$961MEPS $1.52

FY 2023

Nov 28, 2023

$3.3B-0.9%EPS $1.88

FY 2022

Nov 22, 2022

$3.3BEPS $2.24

Revenue & Profitability

Quarter	Revenue	Gross Profit	Operating Income
Q3 18	$658M	$202M	$61M
Q3 19	$707M	$219M	$69M
Q4 20	$676M	$196M	$25M
Q3 22	$1.0B	$299M	$114M
Q3 25	$961M	$332M	$135M
Q1 26	$617M	$191M	$17M

Valuation

Quarter	P/S	P/E
Q3 18	—	—
Q3 19	—	—
Q4 20	—	—
Q3 22	0.8x	13.6x
Q3 25	0.7x	10.4x
Q1 26	0.7x	12.6x

Operating Cash Flow

Quarter	Operating CF	Free CF
Q3 18	$112M	$102M
Q3 19	$172M	$166M
Q4 20	$175M	$159M
Q3 22	$190M	$167M
Q3 25	$265M	$252M
Q1 26	-$70M	-$81M

Capital Expenditures

Quarter	CapEx
Q3 18	$9M
Q3 19	$7M
Q4 20	$16M
Q3 22	$23M
Q3 25	$14M
Q1 26	$11M

CapEx

OpEx vs Revenue Growth (YoY)

Quarter	Revenue Growth	OpEx Growth
Q3 25	+46.0%	+38.3%
Q1 26	-12.6%	-5.8%

Stock-Based Compensation

Quarter	SBC ($)	% of Revenue
Q3 18	$3M	0.5%
Q3 19	$5M	0.6%
Q4 20	$5M	0.7%
Q3 22	$7M	0.7%
Q3 25	$6M	0.6%
Q1 26	$5M	0.8%

OpEx Breakdown

Quarter	SG&A
Q3 18	$141M
Q3 19	$150M
Q4 20	$171M
Q3 22	$185M
Q3 25	$197M
Q1 26	$174M

Revenue Segments

Quarter	Garden Products Segment	Pet Products Segment
Q3 18	$303M	$355M
Q3 19	$356M	$350M
Q4 20	$242M	$434M
Q3 22	$511M	$505M
Q3 25	$468M	$493M
Q1 26	$202M	$416M

Revenue by Geography

Quarter	Garden Products Segment	Pet Products Segment
Q4 20	$242M	$434M

War Chest

Quarter	Cash	Short-term Investments	Total
Q2 22	$54M	$0	$54M
Q3 22	$196M	$0	$196M
Q4 22	$177M	$0	$177M
Q1 23	$88M	$0	$88M
Q2 23	$61M	$0	$61M
Q3 23	$333M	$0	$333M
Q4 23	$489M	$0	$489M
Q1 24	$341M	$0	$341M
Q2 24	$301M	$0	$301M
Q3 24	$570M	$0	$570M
Q4 24	$754M	$0	$754M
Q1 25	$618M	$0	$618M
Q2 25	$517M	$0	$517M
Q3 25	$713M	$0	$713M
Q4 25	$882M	$0	$882M
Q1 26	$721M	$0	$721M

Shares Outstanding

Quarter	Shares (Diluted)	QoQ Change	YoY Change
Q3 18	53M	—	—
Q3 19	58M	+10.3%	—
Q4 20	55M	-6.0%	—
Q3 22	54M	-0.3%	—
Q3 25	64M	+18.3%	+22.3%
Q1 26	62M	-3.5%	+7.0%

Shares Outstanding

Revenue Per Employee

Period	Revenue/Employee	Employees
Q3 18	$160.5K	4K
Q3 19	$130.8K	5K
Q4 20	$107.3K	6K
Q3 22	$145.1K	7K
Q3 25	$149.0K	6K
Q1 26	$102.9K	6K

Revenue / Employee