---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000887733-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T19:24:56.292519+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Central Garden & Pet: FY 2024 GAAP EPS $1.62, non-GAAP $2.13; guides FY 2025 non-GAAP EPS at $2.20+

## Summary
- Fiscal 2024 net sales $3.2B (-3% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.62 (vs $1.88); non-GAAP EPS $2.13 (vs $2.07).
- Q4 net sales $669M (-11%); GAAP loss per share $0.51 vs profit $0.04; non-GAAP loss $0.18 vs profit $0.08.
- Pet segment FY sales $1.83B (-2%), Garden $1.37B (-5%); gross margin expanded 90 bps to 29.5%.
- Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP EPS guidance at least $2.20; capex expected $60-70M.
- Cash from ops $395M; Q4 share repurchases $9M, additional $52M post year-end through Nov 21.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000887733-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773324000026/0000887733-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773324000026/cent-20241125.htm

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