secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000887733-25-000035
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000035/0000887733-25-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000035/cent-20251124.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000887733-25-000035

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