Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.54
- Estimate
- $1.53
- Surprise
- +0.6%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) beat the $1.53 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.54 — a modest 0.6% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.0/10) to Hold at 6.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CENTA Hold at 5.3/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.6% surprise compares with a +31.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-25.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Consumer Defensive): +0.8
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Lowe's, Amazon (54.0%)
- Thin upside margin: 8.7%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.2)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $36.16
- Price target
- $39.31
- Stop
- $34.12
- Upside to target
- +8.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.5:1
The stock trades at 13.6× trailing but 11.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CENTA at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market cap
- $2.26B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 13.6
- 52-week range
- $25.97–$40.80
- Off 52-week high
- 11.4%
- RSI (14)
- 34
- Volume vs avg
- 0.20×
- Score today
- 5.3/10