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About Central Garden & Pet Company
Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States. It operates through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment provides dog and cat supplies, such as dog treats and chews, toys, pet beds and containment, grooming items, waste management, and training pads; supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles, and pet birds, including toys, enclosures, habi… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: July 15, 1993
Headquarters: 1340 Treat Boulevard, Walnut Creek, CA, United States, 94597
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: Yes — Bill Brown (Founder & Chairman)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$37.28
Market Cap
$2.42B
Float
57.4M
Shares Outstanding
9.7M
P/E (Forward)
11.72
P/E (TTM)
14.04
Price/Sales (TTM)
0.76
vs. Analyst Target
+28.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
5.42%
Operating Margin (TTM)
12.60%
Revenue (TTM)
$3.16B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
30.60%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$48.00 (7 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$2.70B
$121M
$783M
$288M
2021
$3.30B
$152M
$971M
$367M
2022
$3.34B
$152M
$992M
$387M
2023
$3.31B
$126M
$947M
$307M
2024
$3.20B
$108M
$944M
$291M
2025
$3.13B
$163M
$973M
$359M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$961M
$95.0M
Sep 2025
$678M
-$9.8M
Dec 2025
$617M
$6.8M
Mar 2026
$906M
$79.4M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
16.0%
Institutional Ownership
95.6%
Short Float
0.5%
% of All Funds Holding
1.96%
Number of Funds Holding
161
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$35.50
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$34.78
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$35.74
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$35.18
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$35.06
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$35.87
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$35.58
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$43.00
resistance
1.26x
20 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (126 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
-0.31%
0.00%
47.62%
19.09%
-20.33%
1 Day
0.07%
0.00%
48.41%
28.40%
-32.50%
1 Week
0.89%
0.49%
51.59%
62.06%
-23.33%
2 Weeks
1.47%
1.60%
55.20%
72.79%
-65.76%
1 Month
1.91%
2.32%
55.20%
76.14%
-66.92%
Next earnings: July 25, 2026 (58 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
2.6%
44.1%
34
Feb
-0.5%
52.9%
34
Mar
2.5%
55.9%
34
Apr
3.5%
57.6%
33
May
3.1%
57.6%
33
Jun
0.6%
51.5%
33
Jul
0.9%
69.7%
33
Aug
0.4%
47.1%
34
Sep
-1.0%
38.2%
34
Oct
-0.2%
47.1%
34
Nov
0.2%
50.0%
34
Dec
4.2%
52.9%
34
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
-0.03%
45.7%
1600
Tuesday
0.03%
45.2%
1747
Wednesday
0.10%
47.5%
1745
Thursday
0.14%
46.1%
1712
Friday
0.12%
46.9%
1704
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 95.6%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 16.0%
Founder-led management: Bill Brown (Founder & Chairman)
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