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CENTA Stock Analysis

Central Garden & Pet Company · current price $37.81 (+0.23% today)

Solid setup — 4/4 EPS beats. Momentum, fundamentals and macro indicators are aligned.
★★★★
Quality
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The six-pillar scorecard

Momentum
52
Drifting higher
price trend
Growth
25
Barely growing
sales & profit growth
Quality
72
High quality
profitability & balance sheet
Valuation
75
Looks cheap
is the price fair?
Sentiment
44
Mixed views
analyst & crowd mood
Risk
81
Low risk
volatility & drawdown

Each pillar is scored 0-100 inside the stock’s own peer group, so a chipmaker is measured against chipmakers. These are quality descriptors, not buy or sell signals.

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The picture

What drove the scoreThe seven components contributing most, each read out of 100.
Earnings qualityEarnings quality: 9393FundamentalsFundamentals: 7070Relative strengthRelative strength: 8585RSI zoneRSI zone: 7070Analyst consensusAnalyst consensus: 5050Size fitSize fit: 100100Near 52w highNear 52w high: 7575
Margin profileWhat survives each step down the income statement.
GrossGross: 32.6%32.6%OperatingOperating: 14.3%14.3%NetNet: 5.4%5.4%Free cash flowFree cash flow: 11.2%11.2%
EPS surpriseReported EPS against estimate, last four quarters.
2026-06: +55.0% vs estimate+55%2026-062026-03: +17.3% vs estimate+17%2026-032025-12: +51.8% vs estimate+52%2025-122025-09: +54.3% vs estimate+54%2025-09
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Hype Check

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The audit — what has to hold for this thesis

Checking the areas that decide this thesis…

AI-generated from the company’s own filings and recent coverage, and it can be incomplete or wrong. A PASS is a reading of the cited evidence, not a verified fact and not a reason to buy. Follow each citation to the source.

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Dilution Check

Reading CENTA’s filings…

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Latest earnings

LAST EARNINGS Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA)

Latest earnings

EPS
$-0.09 vs $-0.20 est · +54.3% vs estimate BEAT
Revenue
$882.4M · +30.1% YoY
Stock reaction (1M)
-0.7%
Beat streak
4 of last 4 quarters
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Valuation

P/E
14.0×
Forward P/E
12.1×
PEG
1.87
Price / Sales
0.8×
Price / Book
1.4×
EV / EBITDA
8.2×
Analyst target
$46.25
Target range
$39.00 – $50.00
Implied upside
+22.3%
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Financial health

Gross margin
32.6%
Operating margin
14.3%
Net margin
5.4%
FCF margin
11.2%
Return on equity
10.0%
Debt / equity
0.81
Revenue growth YoY
-8.2%
EPS growth YoY
-4.6%
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Technicals

$25.9752-week range$40.80
RSI (14)
46
50-day MA
$38.28
200-day MA
$33.75
ATR (14)
0.92
Beta
0.55
1-month return
-0.7%
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Earnings

QuarterEPSEst.SurpriseResult
2025-09-30$-0.09$-0.20+54.3%Beat
2025-12-31$0.21$0.14+51.8%Beat
2026-03-31$1.29$1.10+17.3%Beat
2026-06-30$1.54$1.53+0.6%Beat
Beat 4 of the last 4 quarters.
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Ownership & risk

Short % of float
0.03%
Beta
0.55
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Latest news on CENTA

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What is CENTA's Quant Score?

Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) currently has a TickerMover Quant Score of 61/100, rated ★★★★ Quality. The Quant Score is a quantitative composite across six research pillars — momentum, quality, growth, valuation, sentiment and risk. It is research information, not investment advice.

Is Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) a buy?

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