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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.
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Packaged Foods
Consumer Defensive · Mid Cap · 87 peers
Market Share
0.0%
Top 4 Concentration: 0.0%

Technical Signal Map

47 Bullish
7 Neutral
34 Bearish
CENT $2.5B
Central Garden & Pet Company
BULLISH +91
KHC $29B
The Kraft Heinz Company
BULLISH +91
ASBFY $18B
Associated British Foods plc
BULLISH +91
MICC $12B
The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.
BULLISH +91
LW $7.4B
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
BULLISH +91
NOMD $1.7B
Nomad Foods Limited
BULLISH +91
JJSF $1.6B
J&J Snack Foods Corp.
BULLISH +91
JWLLF $1.4B
Jamieson Wellness Inc.
BULLISH +91
WEST $960M
Westrock Coffee Company, LLC
BULLISH +91
GPDNF $45B
Danone S.A.
BULLISH +84
ACOPF $3.5B
The a2 Milk Company Limited
BULLISH +78
MLFNF $2.3B
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
BULLISH +78
BRBR $1.1B
BellRing Brands, Inc.
BULLISH +78
SAPIF $12B
Saputo Inc.
BULLISH +75
TATYY $7.2B
Tate & Lyle plc
BULLISH +75
MZTI $3.0B
The Marzetti Company
BULLISH +75
FLO $1.3B
Flowers Foods, Inc.
BULLISH +75
KRYAY $18B
Kerry Group plc
BULLISH +66
SJM $14B
The J. M. Smucker Company
BULLISH +66
MEJHY $7.9B
Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.
BULLISH +65
TSUKY $7.2B
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
BULLISH +65
FRPT $3.1B
Freshpet, Inc.
BULLISH +65
GNCGY $1.9B
Greencore Group plc
BULLISH +65
BMBOY $15B
Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.
BULLISH +62
ORKLF $11B
Orkla ASA
BULLISH +62
KIKOY $10B
Kikkoman Corporation
BULLISH +62
GIS $18B
General Mills, Inc.
BULLISH +60
ACOPY $3.2B
a2 Milk Company Limited Unsponsored ADR
BULLISH +59
CAG $7.1B
Conagra Brands, Inc.
BULLISH +58
GNCGF $2.9B
Greencore Group Plc
BULLISH +53
POST $3.5B
Post Holdings, Inc.
BULLISH +50
PRBZF $2.7B
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation
BULLISH +50
BTSDF $1.6B
Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited
BULLISH +49
CPB $6.2B
Campbell Soup Company
BULLISH +44
ALFFF $6.0B
Sigma Foods, S.A.B. de C.V.
BULLISH +35
TYCMY $8.7B
Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp.
BULLISH +34
GLAPF $5.6B
Glanbia plc
LEAN BULL +29
AJINF $32B
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
LEAN BULL +24
AKEJF $1.2B
ARIAKE JAPAN Co., Ltd.
LEAN BULL +24
HRL $12B
Hormel Foods Corporation
LEAN BULL +19
UTZ $1.3B
Utz Brands, Inc.
LEAN BULL +19
SDPNF $10B
SD Guthrie Berhad
LEAN BULL +15
CIADY $9.3B
China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
LEAN BULL +15
HLF $1.4B
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.
LEAN BULL +13
EBRPF $3.2B
Ebro Foods, S.A.
LEAN BULL +10
NSFMF $3.2B
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
LEAN BULL +10
HOFJF $1.7B
House Foods Group Inc.
LEAN BULL +10
SGLJF $5.6B
Strauss Group Ltd.
NEUTRAL +8
LOTBY $12B
Lotus Bakeries N.V.
NEUTRAL +2
WWNTY $4.6B
Want Want China Holdings Limited
NEUTRAL +1
NSLYF $6.2B
Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad
NEUTRAL -1
NCHEY $3.1B
Nichirei Corporation
NEUTRAL -3
PRRFY $2.4B
Premier Foods plc
NEUTRAL -3
SENEM $1.1B
Seneca Foods Corporation PFD $12.00
NEUTRAL -7
HLFGY $1.4B
Hilton Food Group plc
LEAN BEAR -12
TUFBY $1.5B
Thai Union Group Public Company Limited
LEAN BEAR -15
JBS $28B
Jbs N.V.
LEAN BEAR -18
CRWKF $3.9B
Cranswick plc
LEAN BEAR -20
FNEVF $1.7B
Fraser and Neave, Limited
LEAN BEAR -20
NHFOF $3.0B
NH Foods Ltd.
LEAN BEAR -26
CBCFF $2.8B
Calbee, Inc.
LEAN BEAR -26
YMZBY $3.5B
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.
BEARISH -34
EMLZF $5.4B
Emmi AG
BEARISH -42
SMPL $920M
The Simply Good Foods Company
BEARISH -43
NISUY $2.5B
Nissui Corporation
BEARISH -47
UVRBY $1.9B
Universal Robina Corporation
BEARISH -48
MKC-V $13B
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
BEARISH -49
SFD $7.3B
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
BEARISH -49
PPC $6.7B
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
BEARISH -50
CFEIY $3.0B
China Feihe Limited
BEARISH -52
VTSYF $860M
Vitasoy International Holdings Limited
BEARISH -56
NFPDF $5.5B
Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.
BEARISH -58
MBRFY $5.2B
MBRF Global Foods Company S.A.
BEARISH -66
FPAFF $2.5B
First Pacific Company Limited
BEARISH -66
PIFMF $3.6B
PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk
BEARISH -69
TBLMF $2.5B
Tiger Brands Limited
BEARISH -69
DAR $8.9B
Darling Ingredients Inc.
BEARISH -75
ARZTF $1.5B
Aryzta AG
BEARISH -82
GUZOF $920M
Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V.
BEARISH -82
SUEZY $3.1B
Südzucker AG
BEARISH -87
SENEA $1.1B
Seneca Foods Corporation
BEARISH -87
INGR $6.0B
Ingredion Incorporated
BEARISH -91
ARHUF $5.0B
AAK AB (publ.)
BEARISH -91
YNNHF $1.5B
Yihai International Holding Ltd.
BEARISH -91
WHGRF $11B
WH Group Limited
BEARISH -100
GPAGF $4.3B
Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V.
BEARISH -100
PIFFY $3.8B
PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk
BEARISH -100
MRVSY $860M
Minerva S.A.
BEARISH -100

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company $2.5B 16.6 10.0 8.8 10.2 -1.2 8 BULLISH 40.8
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company $29B -8.4 -8.8 -4.9 -87.2 -1.6 5 BULLISH -3.1
ASBFY Associated British Foods plc $18B 14.4 8.4 6.9 4.7 -2.4 5 BULLISH -15.2
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. $12B 57.7 16.8 -1.8 7.3 — 4 BULLISH —
LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. $7.4B 28.8 14.2 6.6 1.7 2.6 6 BULLISH -18.6
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited $1.7B 12.2 4.9 6.7 6.7 -3.4 6 BULLISH 1.3
JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp. $1.6B 31.8 5.3 5.5 8.3 -4.7 5 BULLISH -7.8
JWLLF Jamieson Wellness Inc. $1.4B 24.2 16.1 10.0 7.7 15.0 7 BULLISH 27.1
WEST Westrock Coffee Company, LLC $960M -14.5 -23.9 -1.2 -4.4 38.6 4 BULLISH 86.1
GPDNF Danone S.A. $45B 20.2 11.7 10.6 8.4 0.4 6 BULLISH -23.6
ACOPF The a2 Milk Company Limited $3.5B 27.2 17.2 64.0 10.5 3.6 5 BULLISH -15.0
MLFNF Maple Leaf Foods Inc. $2.3B 6.3 35.3 6.0 4.0 -21.6 6 BULLISH -4.4
BRBR BellRing Brands, Inc. $1.1B 6.4 -44.1 37.2 6.0 5.9 5 BULLISH -72.1
SAPIF Saputo Inc. $12B 32.3 6.7 8.7 0.1 -16.1 7 BULLISH 17.4
TATYY Tate & Lyle plc $7.2B 25.4 6.1 5.3 4.2 31.9 5 BULLISH 47.4
MZTI The Marzetti Company $3.0B 15.4 19.2 21.2 10.4 1.1 7 BULLISH -34.9
FLO Flowers Foods, Inc. $1.3B 23.8 4.0 6.0 3.4 2.5 5 BULLISH -46.1
KRYAY Kerry Group plc $18B 24.8 10.7 9.6 8.5 2.8 7 BULLISH 14.2
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company $14B 59.2 3.9 3.6 14.6 5.1 8 BULLISH 26.0
MEJHY Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. $7.9B 29.4 5.4 7.4 5.3 5.3 6 BULLISH 45.4
TSUKY Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. $7.2B 14.6 14.7 24.4 13.4 9.7 9 BULLISH 8.9
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. $3.1B 15.4 17.6 9.7 6.4 12.8 8 BULLISH 19.0
GNCGY Greencore Group plc $1.9B 92.9 0.7 0.7 -2.3 26.7 4 BULLISH 19.1
BMBOY Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. $15B 22.0 10.3 9.4 3.9 -2.1 8 BULLISH 4.8
ORKLF Orkla ASA $11B 14.1 15.7 9.2 10.0 -0.6 5 BULLISH -0.3
KIKOY Kikkoman Corporation $10B 25.9 12.4 11.9 9.4 11.1 8 BULLISH 29.6
GIS General Mills, Inc. $18B -20.2 -10.6 -0.8 9.0 -4.5 4 BULLISH -29.4
ACOPY a2 Milk Company Limited Unsponsored ADR $3.2B 27.2 17.5 65.1 10.5 6.0 5 BULLISH -21.8
CAG Conagra Brands, Inc. $7.1B -3.6 -24.9 -9.5 6.7 -1.8 4 BULLISH -20.5
GNCGF Greencore Group Plc $2.9B 92.9 0.7 0.8 -2.3 25.9 4 BULLISH 5.3
POST Post Holdings, Inc. $3.5B 13.2 8.3 6.1 3.3 6.2 6 BULLISH -27.5
PRBZF Premium Brands Holdings Corporation $2.7B 44.6 4.1 3.3 3.0 20.5 6 BULLISH -24.1
BTSDF Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited $1.6B 17.5 11.6 11.2 7.0 18.9 8 BULLISH 40.9
CPB Campbell Soup Company $6.2B 15.3 10.4 6.2 -2.8 -5.0 5 BULLISH -33.1
ALFFF Sigma Foods, S.A.B. de C.V. $6.0B 14.2 50.8 12.2 3.9 0.1 8 BULLISH 33.8
TYCMY Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. $8.7B 12.4 34.7 47.9 6.0 -0.0 6 BULLISH 11.1
GLAPF Glanbia plc $5.6B 23.4 11.9 12.5 7.4 -12.1 5 LEAN BULL 37.8
AJINF Ajinomoto Co., Inc. $32B 35.5 18.9 12.2 8.8 7.1 8 LEAN BULL 6.1
AKEJF ARIAKE JAPAN Co., Ltd. $1.2B 18.2 7.2 10.2 13.0 3.4 8 LEAN BULL 5.6
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation $12B 33.0 4.3 3.8 2.0 0.7 4 LEAN BULL -7.5
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. $1.3B -43.7 -4.1 -3.6 -2.7 1.9 3 LEAN BULL 15.6
SDPNF SD Guthrie Berhad $10B 22.8 15.5 8.8 20.0 -0.2 6 LEAN BULL 41.9
CIADY China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited $9.3B 32.1 4.5 5.2 5.3 -1.6 5 LEAN BULL 25.0
HLF Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. $1.4B 8.5 -28.9 26.1 -2.0 5.5 6 LEAN BULL 61.8
EBRPF Ebro Foods, S.A. $3.2B 12.6 9.8 8.3 7.0 -3.0 7 LEAN BULL -0.3
NSFMF Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. $3.2B 19.4 7.1 6.3 5.4 -1.3 7 LEAN BULL 0.0
HOFJF House Foods Group Inc. $1.7B 37.8 3.7 4.9 6.8 0.4 8 LEAN BULL 0.0
SGLJF Strauss Group Ltd. $5.6B 22.0 19.0 11.7 11.6 6.3 6 NEUTRAL 216.0
LOTBY Lotus Bakeries N.V. $12B 56.8 23.1 16.2 13.1 12.9 6 NEUTRAL 59.7
WWNTY Want Want China Holdings Limited $4.6B 5.6 21.9 17.4 15.5 -16.1 6 NEUTRAL -38.0
NSLYF Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad $6.2B 36.8 87.7 53.0 8.5 12.1 7 NEUTRAL 7.7
NCHEY Nichirei Corporation $3.1B 19.0 10.7 7.1 3.0 12.2 6 NEUTRAL 0.0
PRRFY Premier Foods plc $2.4B 13.2 17.8 18.2 13.3 89.2 6 NEUTRAL 7.9
SENEM Seneca Foods Corporation PFD $12.00 $1.1B 9.0 16.8 12.7 4.8 12.5 7 NEUTRAL 58.2
HLFGY Hilton Food Group plc $1.4B 31.5 6.1 6.3 -0.5 6.3 5 LEAN BEAR 0.9
TUFBY Thai Union Group Public Company Limited $1.5B 10.7 10.3 6.0 3.7 1.8 7 LEAN BEAR 12.9
JBS Jbs N.V. $28B 17.2 23.7 45.1 -0.4 221.2 6 LEAN BEAR -5.1
CRWKF Cranswick plc $3.9B 17.9 15.2 12.9 5.2 9.6 8 LEAN BEAR 13.3
FNEVF Fraser and Neave, Limited $1.7B 12.7 5.4 5.0 9.2 -4.4 6 LEAN BEAR 17.2
NHFOF NH Foods Ltd. $3.0B 17.3 6.6 5.2 2.8 7.7 7 LEAN BEAR 2.5
CBCFF Calbee, Inc. $2.8B 21.5 8.8 9.2 4.7 5.7 8 LEAN BEAR 0.0
YMZBY Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. $3.5B 18.3 10.3 11.7 3.6 5.3 7 BEARISH 0.0
EMLZF Emmi AG $5.4B 21.3 22.5 14.4 4.3 3.9 6 BEARISH 1.0
SMPL The Simply Good Foods Company $920M -5.8 -12.2 3.8 -14.6 -4.5 5 BEARISH -52.0
NISUY Nissui Corporation $2.5B 11.8 10.0 5.6 2.9 10.1 6 BEARISH 93.0
UVRBY Universal Robina Corporation $1.9B 11.6 8.8 8.9 7.1 3.6 7 BEARISH -18.6
MKC-V McCormick & Company, Incorporated $13B 8.5 23.5 9.1 4.8 13.2 6 BEARISH -28.9
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. $7.3B 8.1 13.3 10.8 2.6 33.9 5 BEARISH -13.8
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation $6.7B 11.8 14.6 10.0 0.3 1.4 5 BEARISH -27.7
CFEIY China Feihe Limited $3.0B 10.9 7.0 18.4 8.9 -8.8 6 BEARISH -34.1
VTSYF Vitasoy International Holdings Limited $860M 23.9 9.2 14.5 3.6 -3.4 7 BEARISH -14.7
NFPDF Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. $5.5B 18.4 9.6 6.4 6.8 5.2 6 BEARISH 8.5
MBRFY MBRF Global Foods Company S.A. $5.2B 53.7 1.6 3.4 0.2 — 4 BEARISH —
FPAFF First Pacific Company Limited $2.5B 4.4 13.0 14.6 5.7 4.1 6 BEARISH -32.8
PIFMF PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk $3.6B 6.1 13.2 20.2 5.6 9.3 6 BEARISH -20.0
TBLMF Tiger Brands Limited $2.5B 12.3 29.3 33.4 8.8 55.3 7 BEARISH -5.6
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. $8.9B 15.5 12.1 9.3 22.5 15.0 8 BEARISH 61.1
ARZTF Aryzta AG $1.5B 12.0 39.4 22.9 4.4 99.3 7 BEARISH -33.7
GUZOF Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. $920M 0.9 179.4 8.8 8.9 -34.4 6 BEARISH -22.7
SUEZY Südzucker AG $3.1B -7.8 -10.2 -3.6 1.3 -5.1 4 BEARISH 8.2
SENEA Seneca Foods Corporation $1.1B 9.0 16.8 12.7 4.8 12.5 7 BEARISH 34.7
INGR Ingredion Incorporated $6.0B 10.2 13.5 11.8 6.2 -1.4 6 BEARISH -19.8
ARHUF AAK AB (publ.) $5.0B 12.9 17.4 14.2 7.0 -1.9 5 BEARISH -27.9
YNNHF Yihai International Holding Ltd. $1.5B 13.5 19.9 30.2 11.2 5.9 7 BEARISH -8.8
WHGRF WH Group Limited $11B 6.7 14.0 11.5 5.6 5.3 5 BEARISH -13.1
GPAGF Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. $4.3B 9.4 21.3 15.0 8.0 1.4 4 BEARISH -17.6
PIFFY PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk $3.8B 9.1 14.8 19.1 5.6 9.1 6 BEARISH -42.9
MRVSY Minerva S.A. $860M 6.9 30.9 36.3 1.3 30.3 6 BEARISH -50.4

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

CENT vs Benchmarks

ROIC
CENT
8.8
Industry
8.1
Gross Margin
CENT
35.9
Industry
28.0
Op Margin
CENT
14.3
Industry
4.6
Net Margin
CENT
10.2
Industry
2.4
Sector
7.1
Revenue Growth
CENT
-1.2
Sector
3.9
P/E Ratio
CENT
16.6
Sector
17.0
ROE
CENT
10.0
Sector
13.0
Piotroski F
CENT
8.0
Sector
6.0

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