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Central Garden & Pet Co. (CENT)

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The Company is an innovator, marketer and producer of branded products for the pet and lawn and garden supplies markets.

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Small Cap (1645), Defensive (1457), Consumer Staples (230), Agricultural Chemicals (12), Household Products (15), It's a Noun! (69)
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Central Garden & Pet Co. At A Glance

Current Price: $9.96
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $10.01
Previous Close: $9.87
Daily Range: $9.80 - $10.03
52-Week Range: $5.75 - $13.93
Volume: 122,202
Market Cap: $641.79M
P/E Ratio: 9.87
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Avatar freemanredneck (< 20) Submitted: 6/16/08 3:15 PM

I believe this stock will double over the next three months as fuel prices rise and people stay home to repair or do asthectic work on their homes, and many people will begin to grow vegetable gardens, etc. Even though this stock showed a second quarter loss in the month of June 2008, I am convince...More

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Avatar mrindependent (99.29) Submitted: 9/03/09 1:30 PM

Central Garden and Pet is selling near its 52 week high. The share price is 1.5 times book value, which is significantly above typical p/bv ratios that prevailed over the last 10 years. Ignoring its gigantic asset impairment last year, its returns on equity have average 8% or less. The company re...More

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Avatar Staka (98.79) Submitted: 1/23/10 1:43 PM : Outperform Start Price: $10.00 CENT Score: 2.31

Slow but consistent growth, somewhat recession proof businesses, the August hype is gone, currently at resistance. Might be a good entry point. Even if it still goes lower I expect it to beat the index over a year.

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Avatar DeadintheLongRun (45.03) Submitted: 10/22/09 11:39 PM : Outperform Start Price: $11.32 CENT Score: -9.76

This company does two things. First, pet products....wonderfully economically insensitive, as people love their pets regardless of GDP growth. This provides a solid base - but I admit, we approach a 52 week high. Second thing, lawn care. Lawn care is tied to the housing market, which you might have noticed has mildly underperformed over the past two years. But we're starting to climb out of that hole, shown by the S&P/Case-Shiller Index rising the past three months. As the housing market recovers, people are going to return to caring for their lawns. Or maybe I'm wrong, they'll flush their fish down the toilet and start to rent an apartment. We'll see.

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Avatar billykip (< 20) Submitted: 7/29/09 1:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $12.04 CENT Score: -28.10

near 52 week high screen

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Avatar freemanredneck (< 20) Submitted: 6/16/08 3:15 PM : Outperform Start Price: $4.59 CENT Score: 135.60

I believe this stock will double over the next three months as fuel prices rise and people stay home to repair or do asthectic work on their homes, and many people will begin to grow vegetable gardens, etc. Even though this stock showed a second quarter loss in the month of June 2008, I am convinced this stock will do a complete turnaround.

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Avatar 7dogs (99.16) Submitted: 6/04/08 3:39 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.06 CENT Score: 42.90

EPS100Momentum pick. Outperform.

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