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

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

Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $540.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $520.99 million. Central Garden & Pet had a return on equity of 9.26% and a net margin of 3.89%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.10 earnings per share. View Central Garden & Pet's Earnings History.

Central Garden & Pet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Central Garden & Pet.

Central Garden & Pet updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ($0.15)-($0.10) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.05.

3 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Central Garden & Pet's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Central Garden & Pet's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Central Garden & Pet.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Central Garden & Pet in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Central Garden & Pet.

Media coverage about CENT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Central Garden & Pet earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Central Garden & Pet.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Central Garden & Pet investors own include Skechers USA (SKX), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), FireEye (FEYE), Jack in the Box (JACK), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Brinker International (EAT), Kroger (KR) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG).

Central Garden & Pet's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include 6 Meridian (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Central Garden & Pet stock include Brooks Pennington III, George A Yuhas, George C Roeth, Howard Machek, John Ranelli, Mary Beth Springer, Michael A Reed, Michael Edwards, Nicholas Lahanas, Thomas J Colligan and Timothy P Cofer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Central Garden & Pet.

CENT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Central Garden & Pet company stock in the last year include Brooks Pennington III, George C Roeth and Mary Beth Springer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Central Garden & Pet.

CENT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have bought Central Garden & Pet stock in the last two years include Michael Edwards, Thomas J Colligan and Timothy P Cofer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Central Garden & Pet.

Shares of CENT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CENT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.43.

Central Garden & Pet has a market capitalization of $1.81 billion and generates $2.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $92.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.60 on an earnings per share basis. Central Garden & Pet employs 5,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Central Garden & Pet.

The official website for Central Garden & Pet is http://www.central.com/.

Central Garden & Pet's mailing address is 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD SUITE 600, WALNUT CREEK CA, 94597. The company can be reached via phone at 925-948-4000 or via email at [email protected]