profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Central Garden & Pet
$47.07-0.13% today
+47.4% in 1 year
1-year low $30.471-year high $48.64
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $18.09 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Central Garden & Pet sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.34 billion in 2022 to $3.13 billion in 2025, with $163 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Central Garden & Pet handed back 53% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $155M
Free cash flow 2025$291M
Bought back its own shares$155M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$882M vs. $1.4B
Central Garden & Pet vs. similar companies
Central Garden & Pet grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Garden & Pet | 18.1× · Fair price | ||
 Nestlé | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Central Garden & Pet's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,339 | 3,310 | 3,200 | 3,129 | |
| 992 | 947 | 944 | 997 | |
| 260 | 211 | 185 | 250 | |
| 338 | 307 | 291 | 359 | |
| 152 | 126 | 108 | 163 | |
| 2.24 | 1.88 | 1.64 | 2.55 | |
| 29.7% | 28.6% | 29.5% | 31.9% | |
| 7.8% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 8.0% | |
| 4.6% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,282 | 3,379 | 3,553 | 3,626 |
| Cash | 177 | 489 | 754 | 882 |
| Total debt | 1,382 | 1,374 | 1,420 | 1,440 |
| Total liabilities | 1,947 | 1,926 | 1,996 | 2,041 |
| 1,334 | 1,451 | 1,556 | 1,583 | |
| 68 | 67 | 67 | 64 | |
| 7.5% | 6.1% | 5.3% | 7.2% | |
| 11.4% | 8.7% | 6.9% | 10.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -34 | 382 | 395 | 333 | |
| 115 | 54 | 43 | 41 | |
| -149 | 328 | 352 | 291 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 62 | 37 | 24 | 155 | |
| 26 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
Valuation
- 18.1×
- 16.6×
- 4.10
- 1.4×
- 0.9×
- 10.1×
- 9.8×
- 9.9%
- 5.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 31.9%
- 8.0%
- 5.2%
- 11.5%
- 6.2%
- 5.0%
- 10.7%
- 4.6%
- 8.3%
- –
Growth
- −2.1%
- +4.4%
- −17.2%
- –
- +4.0%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 0.86
- 37.9%
- 4.5×
- 3.45
- 2.16
- 0.84
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 25%of 669
Bottom 39%of 672
Top 47%of 623
Bottom 11%of 671
Top 21%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $51.00
- Range
- $51.00 – $51.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 1.29 | 1.08 | +19.4% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 0.21 | 0.11 | +90.9% |
| Nov 24, 2025 | -0.09 | -0.20 | +53.9% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 1.56 | 1.34 | +16.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | 1.04 | 0.94 | +10.6% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 0.21 | -0.03 | +800.0% |
| Nov 25, 2024 | -0.18 | -0.19 | +5.3% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 1.32 | 1.21 | +9.1% |
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
76Pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
36No pass
Charlie Munger
30No pass
Terry Smith
36No pass
Questions about Central Garden & Pet
Is Central Garden & Pet a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Central Garden & Pet AI analysis
What does Central Garden & Pet do?
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. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Walnut Creek, CA, United States, with 6,000 employees.
Does Central Garden & Pet pay a dividend?
No. Central Garden & Pet does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $155 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Central Garden & Pet stock halal?
No. Central Garden & Pet does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 49% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Central Garden & Pet stock done over the past year?
Up 47.4% over the past twelve months, to $47.07. It traded between $30.47 and $48.64 and is 3.2% below its high.
Who are Central Garden & Pet's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Central Garden & Pet's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.