NASDAQ$CENTA
Central Garden & Pet Company · Q4 2024 earnings
Q4 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Central Garden & Pet's Q4 performance was impacted by lower sales and a challenging environment, while also making progress on cost savings initiatives.
Central Garden & Pet reported a decrease in net sales and a net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, impacted by an extra week in the prior year quarter and soft demand. The company is focused on productivity and commercial initiatives to drive profitable growth in fiscal 2025.
- Net sales decreased by 11% compared to the prior year, with organic net sales down 13%.
- The company reported an operating loss of $32 million, compared to an operating income of $9 million in the prior year.
- Loss per share was $0.51, compared to earnings per share of $0.04 in the prior year.
- Gross margin contracted by 110 basis points to 25.2%, primarily due to the impairment of grass seed inventory.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Central Garden & Pet · Revenue · Quarterly
$669M
Revenue by segment
Central Garden & Pet · $750M total across 2 segments · Q4 2023
- Pet Segment$483M+9.8%64.4%
- Garden Segment$267M-0.4%35.6%
Forward guidance
Central expects fiscal 2025 non-GAAP EPS to be $2.20 or better, taking into consideration deflationary pressure, evolving consumer behavior, and the challenging retail environment.
Headwinds
- Deflationary pressure in certain commodity businesses
- Evolving consumer behavior
- Macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty
- Challenging brick-and-mortar retail environment
- Excludes the impact of any acquisitions, divestitures or restructuring activities
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2024
-0.4%
Avg return
Earnings day
+1.7%
Avg return
5 days after
+0.4%
Avg return
30 days after
53%
34 / 64 earnings
Positive
+18.5%
Q1 2016
Best reaction
-22.9%
Q3 2019
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | +3.2% | +2.2% | +4.9% | |
| Q1 2026 | +0.0% | -1.4% | -0.9% | |
| Q4 2025 | +8.2% | +8.2% | +3.3% | |
| Q2 2025 | +0.3% | +6.3% | +4.4% | |
| Q1 2025 | -0.9% | +0.8% | +0.1% | |
| Q4 2024 | -0.2% | +2.9% | -1.4% | |
| Q3 2024 | +5.0% | +0.5% | +0.7% | |
| Q2 2024 | +11.9% | +11.8% | +0.3% | |
| Q1 2024 | +5.6% | +14.6% | +6.9% | |
| Q4 2023 | -10.8% | -10.2% | +6.6% | |
| Q3 2023 | +15.6% | +12.8% | +8.0% | |
| Q2 2023 | +6.3% | +4.0% | +2.0% | |
| Q1 2023 | +4.0% | +7.4% | +0.0% | |
| Q4 2022 | -8.8% | -9.0% | -13.4% | |
| Q3 2022 | +0.7% | +3.2% | -11.3% | |
| Q2 2022 | +0.7% | +3.7% | +2.7% | |
| Q1 2022 | +0.3% | -6.3% | -1.1% | |
| Q4 2021 | -3.6% | -5.4% | -2.8% | |
| Q3 2021 | -3.0% | -1.9% | -8.0% | |
| Q2 2021 | +5.8% | +5.5% | -1.0% | |
| Q1 2021 | +5.2% | +6.3% | +11.8% | |
| Q4 2020 | +1.7% | +0.2% | -6.1% | |
| Q3 2020 | +7.1% | +6.3% | -0.1% | |
| Q2 2020 | +2.3% | +8.4% | +10.7% | |
| Q1 2020 | -1.8% | -3.8% | -10.8% | |
| Q4 2019 | -18.4% | -16.5% | +0.1% | |
| Q3 2019 | -22.9% | -24.1% | -12.7% | |
| Q2 2019 | +4.4% | +5.4% | +2.6% | |
| Q1 2019 | -21.0% | -22.2% | -24.5% | |
| Q4 2018 | +2.6% | +10.0% | +4.8% | |
| Q3 2018 | -0.4% | +0.7% | -9.4% | |
| Q2 2018 | +5.4% | +9.8% | +13.5% | |
| Q1 2018 | +8.6% | +5.4% | +7.7% | |
| Q4 2017 | +3.5% | +5.3% | +4.1% | |
| Q3 2017 | +11.7% | +11.0% | +12.4% | |
| Q2 2017 | +3.3% | +0.2% | -6.7% | |
| Q1 2017 | -4.3% | -7.1% | +0.6% | |
| Q4 2016 | +9.0% | +12.3% | +12.9% | |
| Q3 2016 | +7.1% | +7.7% | +6.0% | |
| Q2 2016 | -2.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2016 | +18.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +14.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +3.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -4.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | +3.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +4.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | -7.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | +7.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -11.5% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -13.5% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -12.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -2.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | -13.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | -4.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | -4.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | -6.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | -7.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +1.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +4.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -3.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | -3.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -14.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -14.7% | — | — |
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