Central Garden & Pet Q2 net sales up 2% to $954M, diluted EPS $1.27, reaffirms FY22 EPS $3.10+

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

2022-Q2 EPS reported $1.44 revenue$1,615,768,000

Net sales $954M (+2% YoY); organic declined 3.5%. Gross margin 30.1% (+100 bps). Operating income $107M (+2%).
Diluted EPS $1.27 (down $0.05 YoY); adjusted EBITDA $131M (+2%).
Garden segment: sales $457M (+3%), op income $71M (+7%); Pet segment: sales $498M (+1%), op income $61M (-2%).
Maintains FY2022 GAAP EPS guidance of $3.10 or better; repurchased ~227k shares for $9.4M in Q2.
Cash from ops used $180M (vs $84M prior) due to inventory build for supply chain; total debt $1.2B, leverage 2.9x.

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