Central Garden & Pet - CENT Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Central Garden & Pet in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CENT shares.
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1 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Central Garden & Pet's stock. Their CENT share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.8% from the stock's current price.
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Central Garden & Pet's stock was trading at $37.45 at the start of the year. Since then, CENT stock has increased by 9.6% and is now trading at $41.06.
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Central Garden & Pet saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 297,800 shares, an increase of 23.5% from the February 28th total of 241,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 35,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.3 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 31st. The company reported ($0.16) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.18) by $0.02. The business earned $627.66 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $605.61 million. Central Garden & Pet had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.16% and a net margin of 4.08%.

ETFs with the largest weight of Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF (PSCC), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF (RWJ), Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (FSTA).Dimensional US Small Cap Value ETF (DFSV) and

Central Garden & Pet issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.60-$2.80 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.66. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Central Garden & Pet trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CENT."

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One share of CENT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.06.

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) has a market capitalization of $2.22 billion and generates $3.34 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $152.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.46 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

Central Garden & Pet's mailing address is 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD SUITE 600, WALNUT CREEK CA, 94597. The official website for the company is www.central.com. The company can be reached via phone at (925) 948-4000, via email at fedelmann@central.com, or via fax at 302-636-5454.