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Also trades as: CENTA (NASDAQ) · $vol 13M

CENT NASDAQ

Central Garden & Pet Company
1W: +8.9% 1M: +14.6% 3M: +1.9% YTD: +41.7% 1Y: +43.0% 3Y: +29.9% 5Y: +18.8%
$45.08
-0.20 (-0.44%)
After Hours: $44.50 (-0.58, -1.29%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.4%
$42 $44 $45 $47 $48
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 73 · $2.5B mcap · 51M float · 0.192% daily turnover · Short 73% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 71% of companies Debt: 35.9% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.15 (down 97%), Central Garden & Pet Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.41B against a stock market value of $2.51B.
Distance to default 7.70 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-27, debt counted $596.6M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 26.5%; Altman Z 2.72. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
Oct Typical
☀️
Sunny
+11.2% YTD avg
Midterm Year
⛈️
Stormy
-6.4% YTD avg
2026 Now
☀️
Sunny
Above typical
20yr Avg YTD
+11.2%
Day 206 of 252
Midterm Year YTD
-6.4%
Presidential cycle avg
2026 YTD
+41.1%
Above 20yr avg
Typical Vol
43%
Annualized
Monthly Weather Forecast
Jan
20yr
🌫️
+0.3%
Midterm
🌧️
-4.4%
40% win 41% vol
Feb
20yr
💨
+4.6%
Midterm
⛅
+2.7%
55% win 106% vol
Mar
20yr
💨
+7.7%
Midterm
⛅
+3.1%
60% win 41% vol
Apr
20yr
⛅
+10.4%
Midterm
⛅
+2.4%
55% win 33% vol
May
20yr
💨
+12.7%
Midterm
🌧️
-3.1%
65% win 50% vol
Jun
20yr
🌫️
+11.5%
Midterm
⛅
+1.1%
50% win 46% vol
Jul
20yr
⛅
+13.0%
Midterm
☁️
+0.9%
75% win 32% vol
Aug
20yr
💨
+14.0%
Midterm
🌧️
-3.5%
40% win 47% vol
Sep
20yr
⛈️
+13.3%
Midterm
⛈️
-5.6%
50% win 35% vol
Oct
20yr
⛈️
+9.8%
Midterm
🌧️
-4.6%
38% win 43% vol
Now: +15.9%
Nov
20yr
⛈️
+7.2%
Midterm
⛈️
-7.6%
55% win 58% vol
Dec
20yr
💨
+6.5%
Midterm
⛅
+2.4%
50% win 57% vol
Seasonality (20yr)
Updated: 2026-10-27
YTD: +41.1%

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