$0.10 EPS Expected for Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT)

November 24, 2017 – By Louis Casey

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.85 in Q2 2017. Its down 0.44, from 1.29 in 2017Q1. It is negative, as 26 investors sold Central Garden & Pet Co shares while 41 reduced holdings. 19 funds opened positions while 38 raised stakes. 10.24 million shares or 5.65% less from 10.85 million shares in 2017Q1 were reported.
Martingale Asset L P owns 25,800 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Vanguard Group Incorporated Inc holds 1.37 million shares. Eqis Cap Mngmt Inc has invested 0.05% of its portfolio in Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT). Rhumbline Advisers accumulated 0% or 20,354 shares. Alliancebernstein Lp reported 7,300 shares. Texas Permanent School Fund owns 7,458 shares. State Street Corp owns 245,510 shares. Legal And General Grp Inc Public reported 17,881 shares. Royal Bancorporation Of Canada invested in 0% or 37,414 shares. Creative Planning invested 0% in Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT). National Bank Of Nova Scotia reported 21,200 shares. Deutsche Savings Bank Ag invested 0.01% of its portfolio in Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT). Amer Century Cos Inc holds 0% of its portfolio in Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) for 43,211 shares. Smith Asset Mngmt Group Incorporated L P has invested 0% in Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT). 1,000 were reported by Glenmede Tru Na.

Analysts expect Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) to report $0.10 EPS on December, 7.They anticipate $0.03 EPS change or 23.08 % from last quarter’s $0.13 EPS. CENT’s profit would be $5.03M giving it 91.88 P/E if the $0.10 EPS is correct. After having $0.62 EPS previously, Central Garden & Pet Co’s analysts see -83.87 % EPS growth. About 37,210 shares traded. Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) has risen 76.19% since November 24, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 59.49% the S&P500.

Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) Ratings Coverage

Among 7 analysts covering Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ:CENT), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 43% are positive. Central Garden & Pet Company had 10 analyst reports since December 8, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Tuesday, June 20 by Oppenheimer. The firm has “Sector Weight” rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets given on Monday, February 22. The stock of Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) earned “Buy” rating by Sidoti on Monday, October 31. As per Friday, July 7, the company rating was initiated by C.L. King. Sidoti downgraded the stock to “Hold” rating in Monday, October 16 report. On Monday, September 4 the stock rating was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets with “Hold”. On Monday, October 16 the stock rating was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets with “Hold”. The company was upgraded on Thursday, June 16 by SunTrust.

Central Garden & Pet Company is a marketer and producer of branded products and distributor of third party products in the pet and lawn and garden supplies industries in the United States. The company has market cap of $1.85 billion. The Firm operates in two divisions: Pet segment and the Garden segment. It has a 27.77 P/E ratio. It is a marketer and producer of pet supplies in the United States.

Another recent and important Central Garden & Pet Co (NASDAQ:CENT) news was published by Businesswire.com which published an article titled: “Central Garden & Pet Company to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2017 …” on November 21, 2017.