Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.54K Followers Follow Central Garden & Pet Company ( CENT ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call August 5, 2026 4:30 PM EDT Company Participants Friederike Edelmann - Vice President of Investor Relations Nicholas Lahanas - CEO & Director Brad Smith - Chief Financial Officer John Hanson - President of Pet Consumer Products Jason Barnes - Executive Vice President of Garden Consumer Products J. Walker - President of Garden Consumer Products Conference Call Participants Taylor Zick - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division Will Gildea - CJS Securities, Inc. Brian McNamara - Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division Shovana Chowdhury - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division James Chartier - Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc., Research Division Hale Holden - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Presentation Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Central Garden & Pet's Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Call. My name is Cleo, and I will be your conference operator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Friederike Edelmann, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Friederike Edelmann Vice President of Investor Relations Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Central's Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings Call. Joining me today are Niko Lahanas, Chief Executive Officer; Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer; John Hanson, President of Pet Consumer Products; J.D. Walker, President of Garden Consumer Products; as well as Jason Barnes, EVP of Garden Consumer Products. Niko will begin by highlighting today's key takeaways followed by Brad, who will walk through our financial performance and the acquisition of TRIXIE in greater detail. After their prepared remarks, John, J.D. and Jason will join us for the Q&A session. Before we get started, I would like to remind everyone that all forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risks and uncertainties that could