Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA)

CENTA Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CENTA stock have an average target of 42.5, with a low estimate of 32 and a high estimate of 50. The average target predicts an increase of 23.12% from the current stock price of 34.52.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$32	$42.5	$48	$50
Change	-7.30%	+23.12%	+39.05%	+44.84%

* Price targets were last updated on Oct 16, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CENTA stock from 4 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Buy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	4	4	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Bill Chappell Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $50 → $40	Strong Buy	Maintains	$50 → $40	+15.87%	Oct 16, 2024
Andrea Faria JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $34 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$34 → $32	-7.30%	Oct 11, 2024
Brian McNamara Canaccord Genuity	Canaccord Genuity	Strong Buy Maintains $48	Strong Buy	Maintains	$48	+39.05%	Sep 30, 2024
Andrea Faria JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $38 → $34	Hold	Maintains	$38 → $34	-1.51%	Aug 8, 2024
Andrea Faria JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $40 → $38	Hold	Maintains	$40 → $38	+10.08%	Jul 22, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.35B

Increased by 4.70%

from 3.20B

Revenue Next Year

3.49B

Increased by 4.09%

from 3.35B

EPS This Year

2.49

Increased by 53.40%

from 1.62

EPS Next Year

2.71

Increased by 8.90%

from 2.49

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Sep 26, 2020	Sep 25, 2021	Sep 24, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 28, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	2.70B	3.30B	3.34B	3.31B	3.20B	3.35B	3.49B	3.65B
Revenue Growth	13.11%	22.56%	1.06%	-0.85%	-3.31%	4.70%	4.09%	4.59%
EPS	2.20	2.75	2.24	1.88	1.62	2.49	2.71	2.95
EPS Growth	36.65%	25.00%	-18.55%	-16.07%	-13.83%	53.40%	8.90%	8.92%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	13.89	12.75	11.71
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	3

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	3.6B	3.7B	3.8B
Avg	3.4B	3.5B	3.6B
Low	3.1B	3.3B	3.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	11.0%	9.3%	7.7%
Avg	4.7%	4.1%	4.6%
Low	-2.9%	-2.3%	0.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	2.74	2.98	3.03
Avg	2.49	2.71	2.95
Low	2.16	2.49	2.83

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	68.8%	20.0%	12.1%
Avg	53.4%	8.9%	8.9%
Low	33.1%	0.2%	4.6%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.