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$31.88 -0.25 (-0.78%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$31.77 -0.11 (-0.35%)
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CENTA vs. WDFC, SPB, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, CENT, and VSTS

Should you be buying Central Garden & Pet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Garden & Pet include WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), and Vestis (VSTS).

Central Garden & Pet vs.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 3 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 7 mentions for WD-40. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 1.61 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WD-40
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Central Garden & Pet
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

WD-40 has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WD-40 has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.77%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.68% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WD-4011.78% 31.68% 15.93%
Central Garden & Pet 3.77%10.08%4.38%

WD-40 received 98 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.29% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 53.60% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WD-40Outperform Votes
283
53.60%
Underperform Votes
245
46.40%
Central Garden & PetOutperform Votes
185
62.29%
Underperform Votes
112
37.71%

WD-40 currently has a consensus target price of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.11%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given WD-40's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WD-40
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WD-40$610.64M5.38$69.64M$6.2738.68
Central Garden & Pet$3.16B0.66$107.98M$1.8717.05

Summary

WD-40 beats Central Garden & Pet on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CENTA vs. The Competition

MetricCentral Garden & Petnondurable goods IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.09B$879.91M$7.86B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A10.12%3.25%4.11%
P/E Ratio17.5246.5815.1119.71
Price / Sales0.660.558.01120.53
Price / Cash8.6421.0016.3734.62
Price / Book1.370.894.774.50
Net Income$107.98M$28.87M$257.85M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-0.50%-2.28%-1.44%-0.78%
1 Month Performance2.48%2.47%6.47%11.53%
1 Year Performance-18.44%-36.15%-1.86%8.99%

Central Garden & Pet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
2.029 of 5 stars
$31.88
-0.8%
$33.00
+3.5%
-19.8%$2.09B$3.16B17.527,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
WDFC
WD-40
3.3528 of 5 stars
$237.21
+2.3%
$301.00
+26.9%
+4.1%$3.21B$610.64M45.44580Positive News
SPB
Spectrum Brands
4.2788 of 5 stars
$66.19
+7.0%
$89.80
+35.7%
-36.7%$1.74B$2.93B16.2611,000Gap Up
ODC
Oil-Dri Co. of America
3.3068 of 5 stars
$46.76
+2.3%
N/A+135.5%$682.46M$465.34M15.11870Positive News
PG
Procter & Gamble
3.9037 of 5 stars
$160.88
+2.0%
$178.52
+11.0%
-1.7%$377.18B$83.93B25.62106,000Positive News
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
4.5764 of 5 stars
$89.14
-0.7%
$102.39
+14.9%
-4.1%$72.24B$19.95B25.3233,800Positive News
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.354 of 5 stars
$136.77
+2.8%
$145.08
+6.1%
+4.4%$45.38B$19.75B18.1244,000Positive News
CHD
Church & Dwight
4.6672 of 5 stars
$95.20
+4.0%
$109.13
+14.6%
-11.2%$23.45B$6.07B40.175,250Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
CLX
Clorox
4.2595 of 5 stars
$138.08
+2.5%
$151.23
+9.5%
-2.3%$17.02B$7.02B37.739,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
2.0951 of 5 stars
$36.05
+3.6%
$43.33
+20.2%
-22.1%$2.36B$3.16B19.817,000Insider Trade
VSTS
Vestis
4.2184 of 5 stars
$6.58
+4.5%
$11.75
+78.7%
-54.5%$866.47M$2.73B82.2010,800Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:CENTA) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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