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 fcf yield, ANDE reads 2.6% and CENT reads 13.7%; on gross margin, ANDE reads 7.2% and CENT reads 35.9%. 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 | $63.94 | $40.65 |
| Market cap | $2.2B | $2.5B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 15.2 |
| P/B | 1.61 | 1.44 |
| P/S | 0.20 | 0.82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.5 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | -4.8% | -1.0% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 35.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 9.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 6.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 13.7% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.66 | 0.68 |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 3.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.46 | 7.86 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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