secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-001009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Central Garden & Pet Q3 sales down 2% to $1,015M; GAAP EPS $1.39 up $0.02
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- Net sales decreased 2% to $1,015M vs $1,037M prior year; organic sales down 5%.
- Diluted GAAP EPS $1.39, up $0.02 YoY; net income $75M, down 1% from $76M.
- Garden segment sales $511M (-4%), operating income +13%; Pet segment sales $505M (flat), operating income -12%.
- Cash balance $196M vs $517M prior year; cash from operations $190M vs $299M; repurchased $22.1M in stock.
- Maintains fiscal 2022 GAAP EPS guidance at or above prior year; cites inflation and supply chain challenges.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752322001009/0001157523-22-001009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752322001009/a52800704.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001009

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