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Central Garden & Pet Company

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Central Garden & Pet Company

CENT·NASDAQ·Trade & Services·CIK 0000887733

Central Garden & Pet Company is a market leader in the U.S. pet and garden industries, providing solutions for lawns, gardens, and pets for over 40 years. The company operates through two reportable segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment offers a broad range of products for dogs and cats, including treats and chews, toys, beds and containment, grooming items, waste management, and training pads. It also provides supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles, and pet birds, such as toys, enclosures, habitats, bedding, food and supplements, equine and livestock products, animal and household health solutions, and insect control items. This segment also includes live fish and small animals, as well as outdoor cushions. Key brands in the Pet segment include Aqueon®, Best Bully Sticks®, Cadet®, C&S®, Comfort Zone®, Farnam®, Four Paws®, Kaytee®, Nylabone®, Zilla®, and Zoëcon®. The Garden segment includes lawn and garden consumables such as grass seed; vegetable, flower, and herb packet seed; wild bird feed, bird houses, and other birding accessories; weed, grass, and other herbicides, insecticide, and pesticide products; fertilizers, and live plants. Brands in this segment include 3D®, Amdro®, Ferry-Morse®, Pennington®, and Sevin®. Product classes that accounted for approximately 10% or more of consolidated net sales and the percentage of net sales represented by each segment for fiscal 2025 are presented in charts not included in this description.

Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ:CENT) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 10 items for CENT at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-06, rated 7/10. Across its 10 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 7 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for CENT spans 10-Q, 8-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Central Garden & Pet Q3 Sales Dip 8% but Margins Improve; TRIXIE Acquisition Announced
  • Central Garden & Pet to Acquire 80% of Europe's Leading Pet Supplies Company for Up to €400M
  • Central Garden & Pet to Acquire Majority Stake in Trixie Heimtierbedarf
  • Q2 Earnings Report Details Strong Performance and Announces Strategic Pet Distribution Partnership
  • Central Garden & Pet Reports Strong Q2 Results with 30% EPS Growth, Reaffirms FY26 Outlook, and Announces Strategic Pet Distribution Partnership

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended September 27, 2025
Revenue
$3.13B
Net Income
$162.84M
Diluted EPS
$2.55
Op. Cash Flow
$332.51M
Free Cash Flow
$291.09M
Gross Profit
$997.34M
Operating Income
$250.04M
Cash & Equivalents
$882.49M
Total Debt
$1.19B
Debt / Equity
0.75×
Net Margin
5.2%
Shares Outstanding
63.09M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-11-26 · accession 0000887733-25-000041

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.89 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 385,057 shares in CENT as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 9.5% decrease from the prior period — about 4.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 72.9% of CENT volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)385,057 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 9.5%
Days to cover4.89 at avg daily volume of 78,722
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)72.9% of 30,897 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume65.7%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$39.81
52-week range · as of 2026-08-06 $28.77 – $46.21
Market cap
$2.21B
Volume
81.2K (0.9× avg)
3-mo avg 93.8K
Live data · 2026-10-05 01:23 UTC · Market closed

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Aug 06, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $45.35
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: -$5.54 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
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Jul 27, 2026, 8:17 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $43.75
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: -$3.94 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
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Jul 27, 2026, 8:01 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $43.75
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: -$3.94 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
May 07, 2026, 2:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $39.09
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: +$0.720 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
May 06, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $36.10
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: +$3.71 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
May 06, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $38.25
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: +$1.56 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
Apr 13, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $37.15
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: +$2.66 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
Feb 18, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $40.08
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: -$0.2692 (-0.67%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
Feb 05, 2026, 2:11 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $36.88
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: +$2.94 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
CENT
Feb 04, 2026, 4:15 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $33.76
Real-time Price: $39.81 info
Change: +$6.05 (+18%) info
Market Cap: $2.208B info
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