---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000887733-25-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T10:15:06.475962+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Central Garden & Pet Q2 GAAP EPS $0.98 (up 5%), non-GAAP $1.04 (up 5%); reaffirms FY25 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.98 vs $0.93; non-GAAP EPS $1.04 vs $0.99; net income $64M (+3%).
- Net sales $834M, down 7% YoY; Pet segment -6%, Garden -10% due to timing/weather.
- Gross margin expanded 180bps to 32.8%; operating margin expanded 80bps to 11.2%.
- Reaffirms FY2025 non-GAAP EPS guidance of $2.20 or better; capex ~$60M.
- Repurchased 1.2M shares ($41M) in Q2; additional 1.2M ($39M) through Apr 30.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000887733-25-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000013/0000887733-25-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000013/cent-20250507.htm

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