---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000887733-25-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:17:24.194720+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Central Garden Q3 EPS $1.52, revenue $961M (-4%); reaffirms FY25 non-GAAP EPS ~$2.60

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.52 vs $1.19; non-GAAP EPS $1.56 vs $1.32; net income $95M, up 19%.
- Net sales $961M (-4%); gross margin 34.6% (+280bps); operating margin 14.1% (+250bps).
- Pet segment sales $493M (-3%), op income $76M (-8%); Garden sales $468M (-4%), op income $83M (+33%).
- Reaffirmed FY2025 non-GAAP EPS ~$2.60; capex $50-60M; cash $713M, up $143M.
- Repurchased 1.7M shares for $55M; $46M remaining authorization; gross leverage 2.9x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000887733-25-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000028/0000887733-25-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000028/cent-20250806.htm

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