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CENTA Earnings

Central Garden & Pet Company
1W: +9.3% 1M: +14.9% 3M: +0.3% YTD: +35.1% 1Y: +36.4% 3Y: +21.3% 5Y: +10.5%
$38.80
-0.33 (-0.84%)
After Hours: $37.50 (-1.30, -3.35%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.4%
$36 $38 $39 $40 $42
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · Tech Score Buy · Power 73 · $2.5B mcap · 57M float · 0.585% daily turnover · Short 54% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 71% of companies Debt: 35.9% of company value Bonds: $158.0M held by 117 funds, 120 bp over Treasuries → 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 $0.99 (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.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.
Last Earnings 2026-08-05
EPS
$1.54
▲ Beat +2.0%
Revenue
$882M
▼ Miss -0.1%
EPS Beat Streak: 13 quarters
Next Earnings 2026-11-23
EPS Estimate
$0.13
Range: $0.12 - $0.14
Revenue Estimate
$584M
1 analysts

Estimate vs Actual

Earnings Surprise History

17/19
EPS Beats
10/19
Revenue Beats
89%
EPS Beat Rate
53%
Rev Beat Rate

Wall Street Forward Estimates

Quarterly
Annual

Estimate Revisions

Recent Revisions
DatePeriodFiscal DateEPS OldEPS NewChangeRev OldRev New
2026-10-21 annual 2027-09-27 $3.12 $3.14 ▲ 0.02 $2,922,240,000 $2,942,240,000
2026-09-01 quarter 2024-09-28 $-0.23 $-0.22 ▲ 0.01 $707,831,250 $707,831,250
2026-08-24 quarter 2024-09-28 $-0.23 $-0.23 — $707,831,250 $707,831,250
2026-08-20 quarter 2024-09-28 $-0.23 $-0.23 — $707,831,250 $707,831,250
2026-08-20 quarter 2026-12-27 $0.17 $0.13 ▼ 0.04 $583,981,100 $584,000,000
2026-08-20 quarter 2026-09-27 $-0.04 $-0.06 ▼ 0.02 $599,524,000 $599,520,000
2026-08-20 annual 2028-09-27 $3.21 $3.32 ▲ 0.11 $3,095,585,498 $3,192,922,100
2026-08-20 quarter 2027-06-27 $1.52 $1.57 ▲ 0.05 $908,108,000 $908,100,000
2026-08-20 quarter 2027-09-27 $0.05 $0.04 ▼ 0.01 $663,258,000 $663,300,000
2026-08-20 annual 2026-09-27 $2.96 $2.97 ▲ 0.01 $3,002,250,494 $3,006,040,000
2026-08-20 annual 2027-09-27 $3.08 $3.12 ▲ 0.04 $2,900,378,265 $2,922,240,000
2026-08-20 quarter 2027-03-27 $1.33 $1.34 ▲ 0.01 $871,822,400 $871,800,000
2026-08-17 quarter 2024-09-28 $-0.23 $-0.23 — $707,831,250 $707,831,250
2026-08-11 annual 2011-09-24 $— $0.74 ▲ 0.74 $— $2,695,258,492
2026-08-11 annual 2021-09-25 $— $2.16 ▲ 2.16 $— $3,293,733,333
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