A share price of Central Garden & Pet Co [CENT] is currently trading at $34.21, up 0.18%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The CENT shares have gain 12.27% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.54%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Central Garden & Pet Co [NASDAQ: CENT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 30, 2025, when Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $35 for it. Previously, Argus upgraded its rating to Buy on May 28, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $50. On March 12, 2024, Canaccord Genuity initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $52 on the stock. Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but $68 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 14, 2021. Truist upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 24, 2021. In a note dated November 29, 2019, Argus downgraded an Hold rating on this stock.
Central Garden & Pet Co experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $28.77 and $43.88. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $50.67 within the next 12 months. Central Garden & Pet Co [NASDAQ: CENT] shares were valued at $34.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 48.11% based on the average CENT price forecast.
Analyzing the CENT fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Central Garden & Pet Co [NASDAQ:CENT] were 3.12B which represents 1.30% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.32% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.91.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 33.87 points at the first support level, and at 33.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 34.62, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 35.04.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Central Garden & Pet Co [NASDAQ:CENT] is 3.67. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 2.33, and the Cash Ratio is 1.64. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.64, the price to book ratio is 1.36 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.59.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Metz Christopher T. , Director, that happened on Nov 28 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were purchased. Chairman, BROWN WILLIAM E completed a deal on Aug 29 ’25 to sell 83194.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chairman BROWN WILLIAM E sold 16806.0 shares on Aug 28 ’25.
