Central Garden Financials

CENT Stock  USD 33.67  2.67  7.35%   
Based on the analysis of Central Garden's profitability, liquidity, and operating efficiency, Central Garden Pet is performing exceptionally good at this time. It has a great probability to report excellent financial results in April. At this time, Central Garden's Cash is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Non Current Assets Total is likely to gain to about 2 B in 2025, whereas Net Receivables is likely to drop slightly above 215.9 M in 2025. Key indicators impacting Central Garden's financial strength include:
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Net Profit Margin0.01250.012
Sufficiently Up
Very volatile
Return On Assets0.01560.0278
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Return On Equity0.120.113
Notably Up
Slightly volatile
Debt Equity Ratio0.911.1582
Significantly Down
Slightly volatile
Operating Income223.9 M213.2 M
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Current Ratio2.311.2757
Way Up
Slightly volatile
Investors should never underestimate Central Garden's ability to pay suppliers on time, ensure interest payments are not accumulating, and correctly time where and how to reinvest extra cash. Individual investors need to monitor Central Garden's cash flow, debt, and profitability to make informed and accurate decisions about investing in Central Garden Pet.

Net Income

130.39 Million

  
Understanding current and past Central Garden Financials, including the trends in assets, liabilities, equity and income are directly related to making proper and timely investing decisions. All of Central Garden's financial statements are interrelated, with each one affecting the others. For example, an increase in Central Garden's assets may result in an increase in income on the income statement.
Please note, the imprecision that can be found in Central Garden's accounting process means that the reasonable investor should take a skeptical approach toward the financial statement analysis of Central Garden Pet. Check Central Garden's Beneish M Score to see the likelihood of Central Garden's management manipulating its earnings.

Central Garden Stock Summary

Central Garden competes with Seneca Foods, McCormick Company, Natures Sunshine, Seneca Foods, and Central Garden. Central Garden Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States. Central Garden Pet Company was founded in 1955 and is based in Walnut Creek, California. Central Garden operates under Packaged Foods classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 7000 people.
Specialization
Consumer Defensive, Household & Personal Products
InstrumentUSA Stock View All
ExchangeNASDAQ Exchange
ISINUS1535271068
CUSIP153527106
LocationCalifornia; U.S.A
Business Address1340 Treat Boulevard,
SectorHousehold Products
IndustryConsumer Staples
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial
Websitewww.central.com
Phone(925) 948 4000
CurrencyUSD - US Dollar

Central Garden Key Financial Ratios

Central Garden Key Balance Sheet Accounts

202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Total Assets3.1B3.3B3.4B3.5B4.0B4.2B
Other Current Liab194.2M153.7M216.2M245.2M282.0M296.1M
Net Debt930.2M1.2B885.7M666.9M766.9M805.3M
Retained Earnings646.1M755.3M859.4M959.5M1.1B1.2B
Accounts Payable245.5M215.7M190.9M212.6M244.5M138.0M
Cash426.4M177.4M488.7M753.6M866.6M909.9M
Net Receivables385.4M376.8M332.9M326.2M375.2M215.9M
Inventory685.2M938M838.2M757.9M871.6M915.2M
Other Current Assets46.6M61.6M47.3M49.1M56.5M33.1M
Total Liab1.9B1.9B1.9B1.9B2.2B2.3B
Total Current Assets1.5B1.6B1.7B1.9B2.2B2.3B
Short Term Debt82.5M96.5M50.8M57.6M51.8M54.4M
Intangible Assets134.4M543.2M497.2M473.3M544.3M571.5M
Good Will290.0M369.4M546.4M551.4M634.1M324.5M
Common Stock552K542K537K111K127.7K121.3K
Other Liab57.3M41.0M56.0M147.4M169.5M178.0M
Net Tangible Assets563.8M651.9M718.4M244.1M280.7M377.9M
Other Assets24K31K16.7M(57.7M)(51.9M)(49.3M)
Long Term Debt1.2B1.2B1.2B1.2B1.4B702.4M

Central Garden Key Income Statement Accounts

The reason investors look at the income statement is to determine what Central Garden's earnings per share (EPS) will be in order to see if they want to buy more shares or not. For example, if a company earned $20 million in the last quarter and has 100,000 shares outstanding, its EPS is 20 cents. If you find that this number beats analysts' forecasts or is higher than it was from the same period last year, then you might want to buy more of this stock even though its price per share may not have changed.
202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Interest Expense58.6M58.3M57.0M57.5M66.2M37.2M
Total Revenue3.3B3.3B3.3B3.2B3.7B3.9B
Gross Profit970.9M992.3M946.8M943.7M1.1B1.1B
Operating Income254.5M260.0M210.6M185.4M213.2M223.9M
Ebit213.5M211.4M219.5M200.0M229.9M241.4M
Ebitda329.2M341.0M307.2M290.8M334.4M351.1M
Cost Of Revenue2.3B2.3B2.4B2.3B2.6B2.7B
Income Before Tax194.8M198.9M162.4M141.1M162.3M170.4M
Net Income151.7M152.2M125.6M108.0M124.2M130.4M
Income Tax Expense42.0M46.2M36.3M33.1M38.1M40.0M
Minority Interest1.0M(520K)(454K)(1.3M)(1.2M)(1.1M)
Tax Provision42.0M46.2M36.3M33.1M38.1M34.0M
Interest Income415K719K7.4M19.7M17.7M18.6M
Net Interest Income(58.2M)(57.5M)(49.7M)(37.9M)(34.1M)(35.8M)

Central Garden Key Cash Accounts

202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Change To Inventory(132.2M)(256.4M)87.0M84.3M75.9M79.7M
Change In Cash(226.9M)(247.3M)310.7M265.5M305.4M320.6M
Free Cash Flow170.5M(149.2M)327.7M351.8M404.5M424.7M
Depreciation74.7M80.9M87.7M90.8M104.4M109.6M
Other Non Cash Items58.9M50.8M65.1M107.9M124.0M130.2M
Capital Expenditures80.3M115.2M54.0M43.1M49.6M38.9M
Net Income152.8M152.7M125.6M109.3M125.7M132.0M
End Period Cash Flow439.5M192.2M502.9M768.4M883.7M927.8M
Investments(500K)(27.8M)(34.6M)(105.2M)(94.7M)(89.9M)
Net Borrowings(46.2M)(113K)469.6M(1.1M)(986.4K)(937.1K)
Change To Netincome21.3M57.6M65.1M102.6M118.0M123.9M

Central Financial Ratios Relationships

Comparative valuation techniques use various fundamental indicators to help in determining Central Garden's current stock value. Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare Central Garden value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across Central Garden competition to find correlations between indicators driving Central Garden's intrinsic value. More Info.
Central Garden Pet is rated below average in return on equity category among its peers. It is rated below average in return on asset category among its peers reporting about  0.53  of Return On Asset per Return On Equity. The ratio of Return On Equity to Return On Asset for Central Garden Pet is roughly  1.90 . At this time, Central Garden's Return On Equity is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Comparative valuation analysis is a catch-all technique that is used if you cannot value Central Garden by discounting back its dividends or cash flows. It compares the stock's price multiples to nearest competition to determine if the stock is relatively undervalued or overvalued.

Central Garden Pet Systematic Risk

Central Garden's systematic risk plays a vital role in portfolio allocation when considering its stock to be added to a well-diversified portfolio. Central Garden volatility which cannot be eliminated through diversification, requires returns over the risk-free rate. Over the long run, a well-diversified portfolio provides returns that match its exposure to systematic risk. In this case, investors face a trade-off between expected returns and systematic risk and, therefore, can only reduce a portfolio's exposure to systematic risk by sacrificing expected returns on the portfolio.
The output start index for this execution was fifty with a total number of output elements of eleven. The Beta measures systematic risk based on how returns on Central Garden Pet correlated with the market. If Beta is less than 0 Central Garden generally moves in the opposite direction as compared to the market. If Central Garden Beta is about zero movement of price series is uncorrelated with the movement of the benchmark. if Beta is between zero and one Central Garden Pet is generally moves in the same direction as, but less than the movement of the market. For Beta = 1 movement of Central Garden is generally in the same direction as the market. If Beta > 1 Central Garden moves generally in the same direction as, but more than the movement of the benchmark.
Today, most investors in Central Garden Stock are looking for potential investment opportunities by analyzing not only static indicators but also various Central Garden's growth ratios. Consistent increases or decreases in fundamental ratios usually indicate a possible pattern that can be successfully translated into profits. However, when comparing two companies, knowing each company's growth growth rates may not be enough to decide which company is a better investment. That's why investors frequently use static breakdown of Central Garden growth as a starting point in their analysis.

Price Earnings To Growth Ratio

0.096

At this time, Central Garden's Price Earnings To Growth Ratio is comparatively stable compared to the past year.

Central Garden March 22, 2025 Opportunity Range

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