Central Garden & Pet (CENTA)$34.57

Market Cap: 2.09 BCurrency: USD

Research Snapshot

Static fundamentals, valuation context, and investor signals for Central Garden & Pet (CENTA).

CONSUMER DEFENSIVE

PACKAGED FOODS

DCF ready

Valuation

8.2x

EV/FCF, 12.2% FCF yield

Quality

5.9%

ROIC, 9.3% FCF margin

Growth

3.0%

5Y sales (revenue) CAGR

Balance sheet

0.8x

Debt/equity, 3.7x current ratio

Superinvestors

Top: Robert Olstein (0.3%)

Strengths to research

Debt/equity looks manageable at 0.8x.
10 annual periods are available for trend analysis.

Watchouts

No major valuation, balance sheet, or growth watchouts were detected by the static screen.

Annual data: 10 periods

Quarterly data: 24 periods

Stock snapshot: May 25, 2026

Static dataset: May 25, 2026

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for CENTA.

Grade C

/ 100

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 8 market-cap comparable peers.

Heat map: red worst to green best


CENTA Target	Central Garden & Pet	$2.1B	13.6x	8.2x	5.9%	3.0%	9.3%	31.9%	0.9x	N/A
DAR	Darling Ingredients Inc.	$5.1B	150.3x	7.4x	1.3%	11.4%	11.1%	24.0%	-0.1x	N/A
HLF	Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.	$741.4M	5.6x	9.4x	15.5%	-1.9%	5.0%	77.9%	2.8x	N/A
LW	LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC.	$7.2B	17.5x	47.5x	6.5%	N/A	3.6%	21.7%	3.5x	N/A
INGR	Ingredion Inc.	$8.6B	9.2x	14.8x	17.1%	3.8%	7.1%	25.3%	-0.8x	N/A
CPB	Campbell's Co.	$10.6B	10.2x	14.9x	15.4%	3.4%	6.9%	N/A	-0.1x	N/A
CAG	Conagra Brands Inc.	$11.2B	5.7x	14.1x	7.1%	1.0%	11.2%	25.9%	4.1x	N/A
JDEPY	JDE Peets NV	$11.8B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SJM	J.M. Smucker Co	$12.1B	-8.9x	23.4x	-9.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Financial Charts

No financial data available for CENTA (annual).

2 superinvestors own CENTA

Current quarter ownership and quarter-over-quarter share changes.

Superinvestor ownership

Fund	Shares	Value	% Portfolio	QoQ Change
First Eagle Investment Management First Eagle Investment Management	260,438	$8M	0.01%	0.0%
Robert Olstein Olstein Capital Management	45,000	$1M	0.32%	0.0%