Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Stock

Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $44.35 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $2.74B and a trailing P/E of 16.0. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes lawn and garden supplies and pet products in the United States through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment covers items such as food and treats, toys and beds, grooming and waste products, animal health and insect control, and aquarium, bird, and livestock-related supplies, while the Garden segment includes lawn and garden inputs like seed and fertilizer, live plants, birding products, and other outdoor accessories.

Understand Central Garden & Pet Company: how it makes money

Central Garden & Pet Company makes and distributes lawn and garden products and pet supplies, earning money by selling these products through its Pet and Garden businesses.

Earnings depend heavily on segment mix, because the Pet segment shows positive adjusted EBITDA while the Garden segment shows an operating loss, so performance differences between the two segments drive results.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Pet$0.5B
Garden$0.4B

Business quality (Solid): Clear two-segment business model (Pet and Garden) with measurable operating signals (pet e-commerce and private label mix, plus segment-level adjusted EBITDA/operating loss), but Garden’s non-GAAP operating loss is a key watch item.

Valuation: At 16× earnings, CENT trades 35% below the Wholesale average (24×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Pet demand and channel momentum: E-commerce is a meaningful channel for pet branded sales (23% e-commerce share of Pet Branded Sales).
  • Category tailwinds: The company reports strong lawn and garden category household penetration (93%), plus 4,000,000 new pet-owning households and 8,000,000 households entering lawn and garden consumables.

Bear case

  • Garden segment profitability pressure: The Garden segment shows an Operating Loss (Non-GAAP), indicating earnings headwinds can come from this segment.
  • Different e-commerce profiles across segments: E-commerce share is much higher for Pet than for Garden (Pet e-commerce shares listed at 23% to 28%, while Garden e-commerce share is 7%).
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$44.35
Market Cap$2.74B
P/E Ratio16.0
EV / EBITDA9.5
Price / Book1.66
Price / Sales0.87
FCF Yield10.3%
DCF Value (model)$38.18
DCF Upside vs Price-13.9%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$3.13B
Net Margin5.2%
Revenue Growth (YoY)8.7%
EPS Growth (YoY)30.3%
FCF Growth (YoY)4.5%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score2.79 (grey)
Piotroski F-Score8/9 (strong)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E16.0
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)20.7
Industry P/E (Wholesale)24.0
vs Sector-22.7%
vs Industry-33.2%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($59.04M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)1
Company
SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryWholesale
CEONicholas Lahanas
Employees6,000
CountryUS
IPO Date1992-07-15

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.