---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENT"
cik: "0000887733"
company_name: "CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO"
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:05:15.042906+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000554
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENT
- cik: 0000887733
- company_name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+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/887733/000115752322000554/0001157523-22-000554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752322000554/a52707861.htm

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