CENTA vs. CENT, WDFC, SPB, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, and REYN
Should you be buying Central Garden & Pet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Garden & Pet include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN).
Central Garden & Pet vs. Its Competitors
Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.
50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 1 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 3 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.95 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus target price of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.19%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Central Garden & Pet's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.
Summary
Central Garden & Pet beats Central Garden & Pet on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CENTA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:CENTA) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
