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Central Garden & Pet Co has a consensus price target of $42.86 based on the ratings of 8 analysts. The high is $50 issued by Argus Research on May 28, 2024. The low is $31 issued by JP Morgan on April 11, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Truist Securities, JP Morgan, and JP Morgan on April 30, 2025, April 11, 2025, and January 16, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $32.33 between Truist Securities, JP Morgan, and JP Morgan, there's an implied 1.36% upside for Central Garden & Pet Co from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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04/30/2025 | Buy Now | 9.72% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $40 → $35 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
04/11/2025 | Buy Now | -2.82% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $34 → $31 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/16/2025 | Buy Now | -2.82% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $32 → $31 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/07/2025 | Buy Now | — | Argus Research | John Eade74% | — | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
11/26/2024 | Buy Now | 41.07% | Canaccord Genuity | Brian McNamara53% | $48 → $45 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
10/16/2024 | Buy Now | 25.39% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $50 → $40 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
10/11/2024 | Buy Now | 0.31% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $34 → $32 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
09/30/2024 | Buy Now | 50.47% | Canaccord Genuity | Brian McNamara53% | $48 → $48 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
08/08/2024 | Buy Now | 6.58% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $38 → $34 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
07/22/2024 | Buy Now | 19.12% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $40 → $38 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
07/01/2024 | Buy Now | 53.61% | Canaccord Genuity | Brian McNamara53% | $52 → $49 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
05/28/2024 | Buy Now | 56.74% | Argus Research | John Staszak68% | → $50 | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | Get Alert |
05/13/2024 | Buy Now | 56.74% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $45 → $50 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
03/12/2024 | Buy Now | 63.01% | Canaccord Genuity | Brian McNamara53% | → $52 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
02/09/2024 | Buy Now | 88.09% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $50 → $60 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
02/09/2024 | Buy Now | 88.09% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $50 → $60 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
02/08/2024 | Buy Now | 34.8% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $40 → $43 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
09/21/2023 | Buy Now | 56.74% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | → $50 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
08/03/2023 | Buy Now | 56.74% | Keybanc | Bradley Thomas77% | $46 → $50 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
04/19/2023 | Buy Now | 19.12% | JP Morgan | Andrea Faria62% | $41 → $38 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
04/19/2023 | Buy Now | 41.07% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $60 → $45 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
04/19/2023 | Buy Now | 41.07% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $60 → $45 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
04/19/2023 | Buy Now | 44.2% | Keybanc | Bradley Thomas77% | $48 → $46 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
01/13/2023 | Buy Now | 22.26% | JP Morgan | Andrea Teixeira59% | $40 → $39 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
11/22/2022 | Buy Now | 25.39% | JP Morgan | Andrea Teixeira59% | $37 → $40 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
11/22/2022 | Buy Now | 50.47% | Keybanc | Bradley Thomas77% | $52 → $48 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
10/13/2022 | Buy Now | 15.99% | JP Morgan | Andrea Teixeira59% | $45 → $37 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
08/25/2022 | Buy Now | 56.74% | CJS Securities | Stefanos Crist69% | → $50 | Initiates | → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
08/08/2022 | Buy Now | 88.09% | Truist Securities | Bill Chappell46% | $65 → $60 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
08/04/2022 | Buy Now | 63.01% | Keybanc | Bradley Thomas77% | $56 → $52 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
06/23/2022 | Buy Now | 75.55% | Keybanc | Bradley Thomas77% | $62 → $56 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) was reported by Truist Securities on April 30, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $35.00 expecting CENTA to rise to within 12 months (a possible 8.70% upside). 12 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) was provided by Truist Securities, and Central Garden & Pet downgraded their hold rating.
The last upgrade for Central Garden & Pet Co happened on May 28, 2024 when Argus Research raised their price target to $50. Argus Research previously had a hold for Central Garden & Pet Co.
The last downgrade for Central Garden & Pet Co happened on April 30, 2025 when Truist Securities changed their price target from $40 to $35 for Central Garden & Pet Co.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Central Garden & Pet, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Central Garden & Pet was filed on April 30, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 30, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) rating was a downgraded with a price target of $40.00 to $35.00. The current price Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) is trading at is $32.20, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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