Group 1 - Central Garden (CENTA) reported quarterly earnings of $0.21 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.03 per share, marking an earnings surprise of 800% [1] - The company achieved revenues of $656.44 million for the quarter ended December 2024, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.15% and showing an increase from $634.53 million year-over-year [2] - Central Garden has outperformed consensus EPS estimates in all four of the last quarters and has topped revenue estimates twice in the same period [2] Group 2 - The stock has underperformed the market, losing about 5.1% since the beginning of the year compared to the S&P 500's gain of 2.7% [3] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is $1.01 on revenues of $904.71 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is $2.22 on revenues of $3.23 billion [7] - The Zacks Industry Rank indicates that the Consumer Products - Discretionary sector is currently in the bottom 40% of over 250 Zacks industries, which may impact stock performance [8]
Central Garden (CENTA) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates