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Central Garden & Pet Company

CENT Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Central Garden & Pet Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.1 billion, down 2.23% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−8.17%
EPS
−4.58%
Free cash flow
+25.1%
Total debt
+0.15%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

47.89 0.49 −1.01%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
17.7×
Fwd P/E
16.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.56
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
n/a
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Current ratio

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Central Garden & Pet Company's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 3.8×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (3.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.0× (fiscal 2021) to 5.7× (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 1.8× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 3.7× 0.19%
FY2024 3.7× (1.78%)
FY2023 3.7× 11.76%
FY2022 3.3× 12.85%
FY2021 3.0× (14.69%)
FY2020 3.5× (26.18%)
FY2019 4.7× (17.89%)
FY2018 5.7× 84.27%
FY2017 3.1× (8.20%)
FY2016 3.4× (8.57%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Jun 2026 3.8× 9.77%
Mar 2026 3.4× 0.74%
Dec 2025 3.4× (6.63%)
Sep 2025 3.7× 3.09%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.0× High 5.7×
Ten-year median 3.7×
Current reading's percentile 64

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 5.7×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company 3.8×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 3.8×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare 2.3×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 1.9×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 1.5×
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare 1.2×
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 1.1×
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 1.1×
Packaged Foods industry median 1.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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