secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000887733-25-000028
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000028/0000887733-25-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000028/cent-20250806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000887733-25-000028

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