Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Central Garden & Pet in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CENT shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Central Garden & Pet's shares. Their CENT share price forecasts range from $45.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $47.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.8% from the stock's current price.
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Central Garden & Pet's stock was trading at $37.45 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CENT stock has decreased by 1.5% and is now trading at $36.87.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 22nd. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.24) by $0.18. The company earned $739.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $729.16 million. Central Garden & Pet had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.41% and a net margin of 3.47%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.25 earnings per share.

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Central Garden & Pet updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.90-$0.90 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.17. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

Central Garden & Pet's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.03%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.79%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.91%), State Street Corp (0.71%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.45%). 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 Edward Hanson, John Ranelli, Nicholas Lahanas and William E Brown.
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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 $36.87.

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) has a market capitalization of $1.99 billion and generates $3.34 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $152.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 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.