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

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

Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENTA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.13. The business earned $540.74 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $518.20 million. Central Garden & Pet had a net margin of 3.89% and a return on equity of 9.26%. 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 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.10-0.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.06.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Central Garden & Pet's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Central Garden & Pet's stock price to reach $34.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% 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 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Central Garden & Pet.

Media stories about CENTA stock have been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Central Garden & Pet earned a news impact score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Central Garden & Pet.

Central Garden & Pet saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,140,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the December 15th total of 1,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 287,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Central Garden & Pet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Central Garden & Pet include Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly Clark (KMB), Clorox (CLX), Church & Dwight (CHD), Spectrum Brands (SPB), WD-40 (WDFC), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC) and Orchids Paper Products (TIS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Central Garden & Pet investors own include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), AbbVie (ABBV), Canopy Growth (CGC), General Motors (GM), Kohl's (KSS), Altria Group (MO), Comcast (CMCSA), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), LKQ (LKQ) and Methanex (MEOH).

Central Garden & Pet's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.43%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.00%).

CENTA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Peregrine Capital Management LLC.

CENTA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank .

Shares of CENTA 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 CENTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.53.

Central Garden & Pet has a market capitalization of $1.71 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 5,400 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.