secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-21-001442
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752321001442/0001157523-21-001442-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752321001442/a52537748.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001442

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