---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000887733-25-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:29:35.702799+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Central Garden & Pet FY2025 EPS $2.55; non-GAAP EPS $2.73; guides FY2026 $2.70+

## Summary
- Fiscal 2025 net sales $3.1B (-2% YoY); GAAP EPS $2.55 vs $1.62; non-GAAP EPS $2.73 vs $2.13.
- Gross margin expanded 240 bps to 31.9%; operating margin 8.0% vs 5.8%; adjusted EBITDA $371M vs $334M.
- Q4 net sales $678M (+1% YoY); GAAP loss per share $0.16 vs $0.51; non-GAAP loss per share $0.09 vs $0.18.
- Pet segment Q4 sales $428M (-2%); Garden segment Q4 sales $250M (+7%) on strong consumer demand.
- Expects fiscal 2026 non-GAAP EPS of $2.70 or better; capex $50-60M; cash $882M; no share repurchases in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000887733-25-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000035/0000887733-25-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000035/cent-20251124.htm

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