Central Garden & Pet Company

DB:GP7A Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.2b

Central Garden & Pet Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Central Garden & Pet's CEO is Niko Lahanas, appointed in Sep 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is $770.35K, comprised of 66% salary and 34% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.14% of the company’s shares, worth €3.12M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 5.5 years respectively.

Key information

Niko Lahanas

Chief executive officer

US$770.4k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage66.0%
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownership0.1%
Management average tenure3.5yrs
Board average tenure5.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Niko Lahanas's remuneration changed compared to Central Garden & Pet's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 28 2024n/an/a

US$108m

Jun 29 2024n/an/a

US$145m

Mar 30 2024n/an/a

US$148m

Dec 30 2023n/an/a

US$135m

Sep 30 2023US$770kUS$509k

US$126m

Jun 24 2023n/an/a

US$121m

Mar 25 2023n/an/a

US$113m

Dec 24 2022n/an/a

US$135m

Sep 24 2022US$864kUS$479k

US$152m

Jun 25 2022n/an/a

US$151m

Mar 26 2022n/an/a

US$152m

Dec 25 2021n/an/a

US$155m

Sep 25 2021US$978kUS$467k

US$152m

Jun 26 2021n/an/a

US$168m

Mar 27 2021n/an/a

US$161m

Dec 26 2020n/an/a

US$131m

Sep 26 2020US$3mUS$456k

US$121m

Jun 27 2020n/an/a

US$110m

Mar 28 2020n/an/a

US$87m

Dec 28 2019n/an/a

US$87m

Sep 28 2019US$2mUS$448k

US$93m

Jun 29 2019n/an/a

US$101m

Mar 30 2019n/an/a

US$96m

Dec 29 2018n/an/a

US$99m

Sep 29 2018US$759kUS$387k

US$124m

Compensation vs Market: Niko's total compensation ($USD770.35K) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.52M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Niko's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Niko Lahanas (55 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

US$770,352

Compensation

Mr. Nicholas Lahanas, also known as Niko, is CEO & Director of Central Garden & Pet Company from September 29, 2024 and served as the Chief Financial Officer since May 22, 2017 until September 29, 2024 and...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
William Brown
Founder & Chairman44.9yrsUS$784.21k6.86%
€ 149.9m
Nicholas Lahanas
CEO & Directorless than a yearUS$770.35k0.14%
€ 3.1m
Joyce McCarthy
General Counsel & Secretary2.7yrsUS$822.99k0.019%
€ 416.7k
John Walker
President of Garden Consumer Products7.9yrsUS$852.73k0.13%
€ 2.9m
John Hanson
President of Pet Consumer Products5.3yrsUS$843.95k0.043%
€ 930.8k
Brad Smith
Chief Financial Officerless than a yearno data0.011%
€ 242.9k
Howard Machek
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officerno dataUS$643.95k0.083%
€ 1.8m
Chris Walter
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer13.1yrsno datano data
Friederike Edelmann
Vice President of Investor Relations4.3yrsno datano data
Marilyn Leahy
Interim Senior Vice President of Human Resourcesless than a yearno datano data
Glen Axelrod
Senior Vice President of Dog & Cat Brandsno datano datano data
William Pennington
Senior Vice President of Wild Birdno datano datano data

3.5yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: GP7A's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
William Brown
Founder & Chairman44.9yrsUS$784.21k6.86%
€ 149.9m
Nicholas Lahanas
CEO & Directorless than a yearUS$770.35k0.14%
€ 3.1m
Christopher Metz
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$199.01k0.020%
€ 426.9k
Brooks Pennington
Director26.9yrsUS$239.12k0.40%
€ 8.7m
Mary Springer
Lead Independent Director11.9yrsUS$254.01k0.021%
€ 455.8k
John Ranelli
Independent Director14.7yrsUS$309.51k0.012%
€ 261.9k
Michael Griffith
Independent Director5.5yrsUS$235.01k0.019%
€ 416.9k
Courtnee Chun
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$201.01k0.017%
€ 367.7k
Randal Lewis
Directorno datano datano data
Brendan Dougher
Independent Director4.3yrsUS$224.51k0.019%
€ 414.9k
Lisa Coleman
Independent Director3.3yrsUS$213.51k0.015%
€ 326.4k

5.5yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: GP7A's board of directors are considered experienced (5.5 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/25 04:16
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2024/09/28

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Central Garden & Pet Company is covered by 16 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Shannon CoyneBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Christopher CareyBofA Global Research