---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:41:49.323998+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Central Garden & Pet Q1 net sales +12% to $661M; diluted EPS $0.16 vs $0.10 YoY

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $661M, +12% YoY; diluted GAAP EPS $0.16 (up from $0.10).
- Gross margin improved 210 bps to 30.0%; operating income $26M (-3% YoY) on higher investment spending.
- Pet segment sales flat at $436M, operating margin +40bps to 10.4%; Garden segment sales +45% to $225M on acquisitions.
- Cash from operations -$92M vs -$36M; total debt $1.2B; repurchased $6.7M of shares.
- FY2022 GAAP EPS guidance maintained at $3.10 or better, factoring in inflation and normalized demand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752322000138/0001157523-22-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752322000138/a52573056.htm

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