Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, pet and garden supplies specialist Central Garden & Pet Co.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Central Garden & Pet's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Central Garden & Pet facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Walnut Creek, Calif. (1955) |
| Market Cap | $437.7 million |
| Industry | Household products |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.6 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO William Brown CFO Lori Varlas |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 8% |
| Cash/Debt | $28.1 million / $566.9 million |
| Competitors |
Spectrum Brands Hartz Mountain Scotts Miracle-Gro |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 84% of the 129 members who have rated Central Garden & Pet believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, All-Star Staka, helped weigh the stock's pros and cons for our community:
Positive:
- Business is well-diversified
- They are in a long-term restructuring which if well done could yield huge savings and allow them to bring down their debt
- Chart on the bottom of the one-year uptrend channel
Negative:
- [Q2] was an utter disappointment but this might have been caused by unique circumstances of the ongoing transformation from many small businesses into an integrated, multi-brand company
- Huge debt
- Chart breaks down from overextended run-up, could fall further
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