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Central Garden & Pet: The Patience Ends

They don't all work out. The fundamentals of Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT), first written about here on June 22, 2009 at a price of $10.16, have not improved considerably, after about a year's performance window.

What's more, the U.S.'s 'frugal consumer' era, strong competition, and the 50/50 prospect for a sluggish U.S. housing sector recovery do not provide encouragement, moving forward, hence the calculation is to close the position at this time and take the roughly $1 gain.

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Central Garden & Pet: Pull-back is a buy opportunity

I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT), first recommended on June 22, 2009 at a price of $10.16.

Central's stock has re-trenched to about $12 after breaking out to the upside above $14 this summer. For now, the narrative remains the same -- that CENT, which receives about 50% of its revenue from pet products/care, will not suffer the fate of other retail plays, under the thesis that the now 'frugal consumer' Americans will give up a lot before giving up their pets.

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