---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T06:21:45.634192+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Central Garden & Pet reports record FY2021 revenue $3.3B, EPS $2.75; Q4 net loss $3M

## Summary
- Fiscal 2021 net sales $3.3B (+23% YoY); diluted EPS $2.75 vs $2.20 (25% increase).
- Q4 net sales $739M (+9%), net loss $3M vs income $14M a year ago; EPS -$0.06.
- Pet segment Q4 sales +3% to $459M; Garden segment +21% to $280M on acquisitions.
- FY2022 GAAP EPS guidance of $3.10 or better; expects front-half weighted headwinds from inflation and supply chain.
- Completed four acquisitions (Hopewell Nursery, Green Garden, DoMyOwn, D&D) in FY2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/887733/000115752321001442/0001157523-21-001442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752321001442/a52537748.htm

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