Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ:CENT) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 20, 2023 4:30 PM ET
Company Participants
Friederike Edelmann - VP, IR
Beth Springer - Interim CEO and Lead Director
Niko Lahanas - CFO
J.D. Walker - President, Garden Consumer Products
John Hanson - President, Pet Consumer Products
Conference Call Participants
Brad Thomas - KeyBanc Capital Markets
Bill Chappell - Truist Securities
Jim Chartier - Monness Crespi and Hardt
Andrea Teixeira - JPMorgan
William Reuter - Bank of America
Hale Holden - Barclays
Carla Casella - JPMorgan
Karru Martinson - Jefferies Company
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Central Garden & Pet Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2023 Earnings Call. My name is Shamali and I will be your conference operator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.
I would now like to turn the call over to Friederike Edelmann, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Friederike Edelmann
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining Central's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 earnings call.
With me on the call today are Beth Springer, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Lead Director; Niko Lahanas, Chief Financial Officer; J.D. Walker, President, Garden Consumer Products; and John Hanson, President, Pet Consumer Products. In a moment, Beth will provide our key takeaways from the fiscal year and Niko will discuss our financial results, our Cost and Simplicity Program, as well as our outlook in more detail. After the prepared remarks, J.D. and John will join us for the Q&A.
Before they begin, I would like to remind you that all forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from what we share today. We describe the range of risk factors in our Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Central undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events, or otherwise.
Our press release and related materials are available at ir.central.com and contain the GAAP reconciliation for the non-GAAP measures discussed on this call.
Lastly, all growth comparisons made during this call are against the same period in the prior year unless otherwise stated. For further discussion after the call, please reach out to me.
And with that, I will turn it over to Beth.
Beth Springer
Thanks, Friederike, and good afternoon, everyone. It's a pleasure to be here and thank you for joining our call today.