secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-21-001000
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Central Garden & Pet Q3 net sales +24% to $1,037M; raises FY21 EPS guidance to $2.45+
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- Q3 diluted EPS grew 8% to $1.37; GAAP net income $76M, up 11%.
- Garden segment net sales +42% to $529M on acquisitions and organic growth; Pet segment +10% to $508M.
- FY21 GAAP EPS guidance raised to $2.45 or better from prior $2.25; non-GAAP EPS guidance raised to $2.62 or better.
- Adjusted EBITDA +14% to $134M; total debt $1,184M, leverage ratio 2.9x.
- Cash from operations $299M vs $182M a year ago; cash balance $517M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752321001000/0001157523-21-001000-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752321001000/a52471756.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001000

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