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Central Garden & Pet Co CENT Stock Quote

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NASDAQ: CENT

Last close prices updated as of Jun 02, 2023, 2:20 PM EST | USD | BATS BZX Real-Time Price
  • Last Close 36.87
  • Sector Consumer Defensive
  • Industry Packaged Foods
  • Investment Style Small Blend
  • Day Range 36.88  –  37.93
  • Year Range 35.60  –  45.89
  • Market Cap 2.0437 Bil
  • Volume / Avg 29,969.0 /  41,934.4
  • Price / Sales 0.61
  • Price / Book 1.45
  • Forward Div Yield
  • Trailing Div Yield

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Key Statistics CENT

Company Profile CENT

Business Description

Central Garden & Pet Co understands that home is central to life and has nurtured happy and healthy homes for over forty years. Central is on a mission to lead the future of the pet and garden industries. The company's innovative and trusted products are dedicated to help lawns grow greener, gardens bloom bigger, pets live healthier and communities grow stronger. Central is home to a portfolio of more than sixty-five brands including Pennington, Nylabone, Kaytee, Amdro, and Aqueon, strong manufacturing and distribution capabilities, and passionate, entrepreneurial growth culture. Central Garden and Pet is based in Walnut Creek, California, and has offices across North America and Europe.

Contact
1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600
Walnut Creek, CA, 94597
Industry Packaged Foods
Employees 3,300

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Price
37.7819.922,300.0056.94
Currency
USDCNYCLPUSD
Change
+$0.91 (2.47%) +$0.23 (1.17%) $0.00 (0.00%) +$1.29 (2.32%)
Market Cap
2.04 Bil10.42 Bil50.60 Bil8.89 Bil
Industry
Packaged Foods Farm Products Farm Products Food Distribution
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive

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FAQs for Central Garden & Pet Co Stock

No. CENT does not currently have a forward dividend yield.
Dividend yield allows investors, particularly those interested in dividend-paying stocks, to compare the relationship between a stock’s price and how it rewards stockholders through dividends. The formula for calculating dividend yield is to divide the annual dividend paid per share by the stock price.

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CENT’s market cap is 2.04 Bil.
Market capitalization is calculated by taking a company’s share price and multiplying it by the total number of shares. It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.

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CENT’s stock style is Small Core.
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High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.

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CENT’s price/sales is 0.61.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from a particular company’s sales or revenues.

CENT’s price/forward earnings is 17.47.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates. The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.

CENT’s price/book is 1.46.
Price/book ratio can tell investors approximately how much they’re paying for a company’s assets, based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.

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CENT’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
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