secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000887733-26-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Central Garden & Pet Q1 FY2026 revenue down 6%; GAAP EPS $0.11 vs $0.21
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- Net sales $617M vs $656M; GAAP diluted EPS $0.11; non-GAAP diluted EPS $0.21 flat YoY.
- Gross margin expanded 110 bps to 30.9%; operating margin 2.7% (4.3% prior year).
- Garden segment sales $202M (down 12%), operating loss $10M vs $2M income; Pet sales $416M (down 3%), operating margin 12.0%.
- Reaffirmed FY2026 non-GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $2.70 or better; capex $50-60M.
- Repurchased 660k shares for $18.5M; cash $721M, debt $1.2B, gross leverage 2.9x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773326000004/0000887733-26-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773326000004/cent-20260204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000887733-26-000004

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