Central Garden & Pet

NAS:CENT

Consumer Sundries

Market Cap

$1.80bn

SMALL cap

Share Price ↓

$31.07 (-0.26%)

YTD Return ↓

-11.0761%

since start of 2019

P/E Ratio

13.39

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Source: FactSet financial data and analytics.

Corporate Values

Carbon Footprint
Pollution Prevention
Water Conservation
Data Privacy
Consumer Health
Employee Satisfaction
Workplace Safety
Corp Gov
Ethical Practices
Conflict Materials
Forced Labor
Gender Diversity

Legend

About

Consumer Sundries Founded 1980

Central Garden & Pet Co. produces and markets products for the lawn, garden and pet supplies markets. It operates through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment consists of Four Paws Products, TFH Publications, Kaytee, Aquatics, Interpet, Pets International, Breeder's Choice, and Life Sciences. The Garden segment consists of Pennington Seed, Matthews Four Seasons, Grant's, AMBRANDS, Lilly Miller, the Pottery Group, Gulfstream, and GKI/Bethlehem Lighting. The company product offerings fall under the product categories of pet supplies, garden controls and fertilizer products, wild bird feed, other garden supplies, and grass seed. Central Garden & Pet was founded by William E. Brown in 1980 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

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Headquarters

1340 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

1.925.948.4000

Executives

Name	Title	Gender
William E. Brown, MBA	Chairman	Male
George C. Roeth, MBA	President, Chief Executive Officer & Director	Male
George A. Yuhas	Secretary & General Counsel	Male
Steven Zenker	Vice President-Investor Relations & Communications	Male
Howard Machek	Senior VP, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer	Male

Mindful Investing Summary

Legend

Carbon Footprint — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its competitors for its carbon footprint. A company’s performance in this category is based on its success in implementing energy efficiency measures. Investments in energy efficient technology, green building and sourcing of renewable energy can all lead to cost savings and reduce the company’s contribution to climate change.
Pollution Prevention — N/A

Central Garden & Pet on this issue. Companies are evaluated on pollution prevention by the levels of waste (including hazardous waste) they produce and release into the environment, and can be affected by whether they develop products that can reduce exposure to pollution.
Water Conservation — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its peers in this category. A company’s score in this category depends on its measures to minimize water usage and impacts on stressed or drought-prone water resources.
Data & Privacy Protection — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its peers and competitors for data privacy and protection. Companies today digitally manage vast amounts of personal information about their clients. A company’s score on this issue is based on the systems, products and procedures it has in place to minimize the risk for data and privacy breaches.
Consumer Health, Wellness & Safety — N/A

Central Garden & Pet compared to its peers and competitors Companies in this category manage its product and safety risks.
Employee Ownership, Satisfaction, Benefits & Pay — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its peers for employee satisfaction and pay. A company’s score on this issue depends on its frequency and likelihood of labor disputes as well as its practices to keep and retain talent - such as compensation, family leave, employee health care and other benefits. Employers that are rated as good to work for consistently produce higher stock returns than their peers.
Workplace Health and Safety — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its competitors on this issue. A company’s workplace health and safety is evaluated not only by the number of accidents and injuries in the workplace, but also by their safety policies, training procedures, and their investment in equipment that can reduce accidents.
Integrity of Corporate Governance — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its competitors on corporate governance. This score is determined by the company’s accounting practices, executive pay, board organization and ownership structure.
Ethical Practices — N/A

Central Garden & Pet compared to its peers and competitors. A company’s rating on this issue is based on its history of controversies related to unethical corporate behavior, such as false claims about their products, price fixing, executive misconduct, insider trading or fraudulent practices.
Usage of Conflict Materials — N/A

Central Garden & Pet among its competitors in this category. Certain products use raw materials that are commonly sourced from militias or other organizations that promote or engage in conflict in their region. To perform well in this category companies must provide adequate assurances that any of these metals used in their production are in fact from conflict-free sources.
Forced Labor — N/A

Central Garden & Pet compared to its competitors on forced labor. A company’s score on this issue depends on its use of forced labor and on its work conditions for outsourced labor.
Diversity of Corporate Leadership 2 N/A

Central Garden & Pet performs poorly based on its peers as well as companies in similar geographic regions. Companies are assessed on factors such as board diversity and senior management diversity. Companies performing well on this issue typically are more profitable than its peers, while companies with very poor scores typically have greater stock price volatility and lower returns on capital.

Central Garden & Pet - Competitors and Related Companies

How Central Garden & Pet stacks up to its peers in the Consumer Sundries industry or with competing business segments.