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 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CENT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CENT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Central Garden & Pet's shares. Their CENT share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $60.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.7% from the stock's current price.
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Central Garden & Pet's stock was trading at $52.63 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CENT shares have decreased by 17.8% and is now trading at $43.26.
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Central Garden & Pet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 28th 2022.
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Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 22nd. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.24) by $0.18. The firm earned $739.13 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $729.16 million. Central Garden & Pet had a net margin of 4.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.86%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.25 EPS.

Central Garden & Pet issued an update on its FY22 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.75 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.78.

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

Central Garden & Pet's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.76%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.17%), Swiss National Bank (0.04%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.02%), Values First Advisors Inc. (0.02%) and Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Brooks Pennington III, Daniel P Myers, George A Yuhas, Howard Machek, John D Walker III, John D Walker III, John Ranelli, Nicholas Lahanas, Thomas J Colligan and Timothy P Cofer.
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Shares of CENT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CENT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.26.

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) has a market capitalization of $2.38 billion and generates $3.30 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $151.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.76 on an earnings per share basis.

Central Garden & Pet employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

Central Garden & Pet was founded in 1980.

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.