Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
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, habitats, bedding, and food and supplements; products for equine and livestock; animal and household health and insect control products; aquariums and terrariums, including fixtures and stands, water conditioners and supplements, water pumps and filters, and lighting systems and accessories; and live fish and small animals, as well as outdoor cushions. This segment sells its products under the Aqueon, Cadet, Comfort Zone, Farnam, Four Paws, K&H Pet Products, Kaytee, Nylabone, and Zilla brands.
Sector: Consumer Defensive · Industry: Packaged Foods · United States · 6,000 employees · central.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) had a market capitalization of $2.61B, a trailing P/E of 15.4 (forward 13.4) and a beta of 0.54; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $28.77 – $46.97 (11.3% over the year).
- Market cap
- $2.61B
- Enterprise value
- $3.02B
- Trailing P/E
- 15.4
- Forward P/E
- 13.4
- PEG ratio
- 2.01
- Price / book
- 1.49
- EPS (trailing)
- $2.70
- EPS (forward)
- $3.12
- Payout ratio
- 0.0%
- 52-week range
- $28.77 – $46.97
- 52-week change
- 11.3%
- Beta
- 0.54
- Average volume
- 100,432
- Shares outstanding
- 9.7M
- Short % of float
- 6.86%
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-09
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-09 scan of the US universe, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) last closed at $40.84 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 32 (neutral territory), price -6.0% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -0.3%, MACD histogram -0.37.
Sentiment inputs: 100% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish.
Next scheduled company event: in 77 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of CENT; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 1 sell (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-08-17). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: William E. Brown (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
CENT has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell CENT.
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