Central Garden & Pet Co.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: US1535271068
USD
43.28
-0.88 (-1.99%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Central Garden & Pet Co.
UTZ Brands, Inc.
Adecoagro SA
Herbalife Ltd.
Medifast, Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
B&G Foods, Inc.
BellRing Brands, Inc.
Beyond Meat, Inc.
Dogness (International) Corp.

Why is Central Garden & Pet Co. ?

1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 1.78% of over the last 5 years
2
Flat results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 326.02 MM
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 5.35 times
3
With ROCE of 11.82%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.24 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 13.08%, its profits have risen by 7.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
4
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Central Garden & Pet Co. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Miscellaneous)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Central Garden & Pet Co. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Central Garden & Pet Co.
10.16%
0.31
29.87%
S&P 500
14.84%
1.14
13.05%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
1.95%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.78%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
4.25
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.82
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.47
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.16
Tax Ratio
23.82%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
10.09%
ROE (avg)
10.82%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.32
EV to EBIT
10.48
EV to EBITDA
7.82
EV to Capital Employed
1.24
EV to Sales
0.84
PEG Ratio
0.66
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
11.82%
ROE (Latest)
10.32%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 10.74%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.26% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 1,406.65 MM

-4What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 326.02 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.35 times

Here's what is working for Central Garden & Pet Co.

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 1,406.65 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.26% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Central Garden & Pet Co.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 326.02 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.35 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio