Central Garden & Pet Company

CENT·NasdaqGS·Consumer Defensive
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48.38+2.03 (+4.38%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close46.35
Open47.52
Day range47.5248.77
52-week range30.3948.77
Off day high−0.80%
Off 52-week high−0.80%
Volume88.16K
Avg. volume (3M)100.40K
Market cap3.03B
EPS (TTM)2.70
Forward P/E15.66
P/E ratio (TTM)17.92
Dividend yield—
Beta (5Y)0.53
Shares outstanding9.65M
Short interest6.61% of float
Earnings dateAug 5, 2026 (est.)
Analyst target53.00
Profit margin5.39%

Against its peers

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CENT SECARE.ST 8BI.F POST FRPT FLO
Market cap 3.03B 3.13B 1.73B 3.73B 3.43B 1.51B
P/E (TTM) 17.9 36.2 19.1 15.4 28.3 26.3
Forward P/E 15.7 12.0 — 11.8 36.6 10.6
Price/book 1.7 0.4 2.0 1.2 2.9 1.1
Dividend yield — 1.47% 4.18% — — 7.04%
1-year change +47.80% −46.01% +111.11% −21.18% +21.25% −44.46%
Today +4.38% +2.95% −3.60% +2.08% +2.43% +5.65%

The closest companies by business and industry (Packaged Foods). Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

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The businesses closest to Central Garden & Pet's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Swedencare AB (publ)SECARE.ST · Packaged Foods 3.13B 19.56 +2.95%
Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited8BI.F · Packaged Foods 1.73B 2.6800 −3.60%
Post Holdings, Inc.POST · Packaged Foods 3.73B 84.85 +2.08%
Freshpet, Inc.FRPT · Packaged Foods 3.43B 71.29 +2.43%
Flowers Foods, Inc.FLO · Packaged Foods 1.51B 7.10 +5.65%
Darling Ingredients Inc.DAR · Packaged Foods 8.25B 52.30 −2.46%
Flex Foods LimitedFLEXFO.BO · Packaged Foods 632.96M 50.84 −3.29%
Feed One Co.,Ltd.2060.T · Packaged Foods 52.31B 1,367.00 +2.32%

Also based in Walnut Creek, California, then elsewhere in California.

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Mechanics BancorpMCHB · Walnut Creek, CA 3.33B 15.03 +1.90%
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The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Central Garden & Pet's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
First Merchants CorporationFRME · Correlation 0.48 2.63B 41.89 +2.07%
Mechanics BancorpMCHB · Correlation 0.39 3.33B 15.03 +1.90%
City Holding CompanyCHCO · Correlation 0.39 2.03B 144.54 +1.11%
Interparfums, Inc.IPAR · Correlation 0.38 3.96B 123.57 +5.53%
BayCom CorpBCML · Correlation 0.38 343.00M 31.41 +1.32%
BankUnited, Inc.BKU · Correlation 0.37 3.20B 44.96 +3.95%
Post Holdings, Inc.POST · Correlation 0.35 3.73B 84.85 +2.08%
Flowers Foods, Inc.FLO · Correlation 0.32 1.51B 7.10 +5.65%

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City Holding CompanyCHCO 2.03B 144.54 +1.11%
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.JBSS 640.22M 54.75 +4.11%

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