Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CENTA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$35.30+0.30 (+0.9%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's coverage of Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) offers little in the way of concrete news, with one stock-forecast piece returning only an error message and another describing an AI-generated read that calls the near and mid-term readings neutral but notes a positive long-term bias. No earnings, guidance, deal, product or regulatory items appear, so the modest move in shares this week reflects sentiment and positioning rather than a specific catalyst.
CENTA closed at $35.30, up 0.9%, sitting between its 50-day average of $36.27 and 200-day average of $34.53, a pattern consistent with a mixed trend. The GekkoIndex reads 56.6, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, down from a five-day change of -9.2. Shares trade 26% below Gekko Fair Value of $47.70, a gap that stands out against the 52-week range of $25.97 to $40.80.
Over the next 20 trading days, the main scheduled item is earnings on 23 November 2026, 42 days away and outside that window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows, leaving no smart-money signal to point to. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 10.9% return over 5 years, rising in 5 of them, a pattern worth noting alongside the typical 20-day move of 4.9% for context on scale.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Central Garden & Pet price vs fair value
Close $35.30200-day averageGekko Fair Value $47.70
Central Garden & Pet quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.53B
- P/E ratio
- 13
- Forward P/E
- 10.5
- EPS, TTM
- $2.70
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.08B
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.59
- Volume
- 164,527 avg 290,476
- 1-year return
- +29.0%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.9%
- 50-day average
- $36.27
- 200-day average
- $34.53
- Next earnings
- Nov 23
- Shares outstanding
- 51.34M
Central Garden & Pet swing-trade checklist
Central Garden & Pet scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $35.30 sits between the 50-day ($36.27) and 200-day ($34.53) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
56.6, Neutral
Reading 56.6 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
26.0% below
Price is 26% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 42 days
Next report Nov 23, 2026, 42 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+10.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +10.9% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
See seasonality
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Central Garden & Pet stock chart and price history
Central Garden & Pet closed at $35.30 on Oct 12, 2026, +29.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $25.97 to $40.80.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +1.6%
- 3 months
- −4.9%
- 6 months
- +4.6%
- 1 year
- +29.0%
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About Central Garden & Pet
Central Garden & Pet makes and distributes products for pet owners and home gardeners across the United States. The company is best known for stocking households with everyday animal supplies and lawn care essentials, ranging from dog and cat items to seed, fertilizer and pest control goods. Its reach extends to smaller pets, aquarium owners, bird watchers and those tending horses or livestock, as well as homeowners managing outdoor spaces.
The business runs through two divisions, Pet and Garden. The Pet division covers items such as treats, grooming supplies, cages, habitats and aquarium equipment, sold under brands including Aqueon, Cadet, Comfort Zone, Farnam, Four Paws, Kaytee, K&H Pet Products, Nylabone and Zilla. The Garden division handles grass seed, wild bird supplies, fertilizers, live plants and pesticide products, marketed under names like AMDRO, Ferry-Morse, Pennington, Sevin, Bell Nursery, Lilly Miller and Over-N-Out.
Founded in 1955, Central Garden & Pet is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker CENTA.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Consumer sundries
- Website
- central.com
Central Garden & Pet GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Central Garden & Pet’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 56.6, in the Neutral zone, down 9.2 points over five sessions.
56.6Neutral
Down 9.2 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 52 | −0.4% | +1.2% | ||
| Accumulation | 215 | +0.9% | +2.0% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 367 | −0.2% | +0.2% | ||
| Distribution | 47 | −0.1% | −6.3% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average CENTA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →
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Is Central Garden & Pet stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Central Garden & Pet trades 26.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $47.70, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Central Garden & Pet shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$47.70
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
26.0% Undervalued
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Central Garden & Pet insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Central Garden & Pet, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CENTA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Central Garden & Pet has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 27, 2026
- $951K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.04%
- Trailing four quarters
- $29.15M
From company filings.
Central Garden & Pet earnings: next date and track record
Central Garden & Pet reports on Nov 23, 2026 (42 days away).
Next earnings report
Nov 23, 2026
42 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.06
- Revenue estimate
- $599.5M
Central Garden & Pet stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Central Garden & Pet is $46.25, +31.0% from the last close.
$46.25consensus 12-month target, +31.0% from the last close
+0.2%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+10.9%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Central Garden & Pet seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Central Garden & Pet averaged +10.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.7% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.0% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.6% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +10.9% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +9.1% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, CENTA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.9%.
Central Garden & Pet market cap and key statistics
Central Garden & Pet’s market cap is $2.53B, with a P/E ratio of 13 and revenue of $3.08B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.53B
- P/E ratio
- 13
- Forward P/E
- 10.5
- EPS, TTM
- $2.70
- Gekko Fair Value
- $47.70
Trading
- Volume
- 164,527
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 290,476
- 52-week high
- $40.80
- 52-week low
- $25.97
- Shares outstanding
- 51.34M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.08B
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Return on equity
- 10%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −4.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.59
- Typical daily move
- ±1.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.9%
Central Garden & Pet stock news this week
2 headlines about Central Garden & Pet from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Stock ForecastsYahoo! Finance Canada, Oct 10
- Trading the Move, Not the Narrative: (CENTA) EditionStock Traders Daily, Oct 5
Central Garden & Pet peers
Central Garden & Pet’s 1 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CENTCentral Garden & Pet | Neutral | 20.7% below |
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Central Garden & Pet stock FAQ
What is Central Garden & Pet’s market cap?
Central Garden & Pet’s market cap is $2.53B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $35.30, with 51.34M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 13.
What is the Central Garden & Pet stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Central Garden & Pet is $46.25, +31.0% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Central Garden & Pet stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Central Garden & Pet is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $35.30 is 26.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $47.70. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Central Garden & Pet report earnings next?
Central Garden & Pet is expected to report on Nov 23, 2026 (42 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.06 per share on revenue of $599.5M.
What is Central Garden & Pet’s 52-week high and low?
Central Garden & Pet’s 52-week high is $40.80 and its 52-week low is $25.97; it closed at $35.30 on Oct 12, 2026, +29.0% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $41.63 on Nov 12, 2021.
Is Central Garden & Pet stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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