ANDERSONS, INC. vs Central Garden & Pet Company, two Wholesale stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ANDE and CENT diverge most: on revenue growth, ANDE reads -1.4% and CENT reads +0.1%; on fcf yield, ANDE reads -4.0% and CENT reads 10.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CENT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ANDE | CENT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $77.68 | $43.27 |
| Market cap | $2.7B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 15.7 |
| P/B | 2.03 | 1.62 |
| P/S | 0.24 | 0.85 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.6 | 9.4 |
| Revenue growth | -1.4% | +0.1% |
| Gross margin | 6.1% | 33.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 12.6% |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.8% | 10.4% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 4.6% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 7.0% |
| FCF yield | -4.0% | 10.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.98 | 0.72 |
| Current ratio | 1.37 | 3.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.00 | 7.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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