secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000887733-25-000013
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000013/0000887733-25-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000013/cent-20250507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000887733-25-000013

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