Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $36.90. It has a SharesGrow Score of 64/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 3 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of CENT = $52.31 (+41.8% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is CENT = $51 (+38.2% upside).
Valuation: CENT trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 14.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.71.
Financials: revenue is $3.1B, -2.1%/yr average growth. Net income is $163M, growing at +6.4%/yr. Net profit margin is 5.2% (thin). Gross margin is 31.1% (+1.4 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $1.4B against $1.6B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.91, moderate). Current ratio is 3.67 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 39.7%. Total assets: $3.6B.
Analyst outlook: 6 / 10 analysts rate CENT as buy (60%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 65/100 (Pass), Growth 40/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 67/100 (Partial), Moat 56/100 (Partial), Future 73/100 (Pass), Income 45/100 (Partial).
