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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
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) EV/FCF
As of 5 November 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) trades at a EV/FCF of 9.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −153× (May 2022) to 46.4× (April 2023); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period.
EV/FCF, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.1× | 0.91% |
| FY2024 | 8.0× | (11.11%) |
| FY2023 | 9.0× | — |
| FY2022 | −19.4× | — |
| FY2021 | 19.4× | 98.51% |
| FY2020 | 9.8× | (7.14%) |
| FY2019 | 10.5× | (60.68%) |
| FY2018 | 26.8× | (8.45%) |
| FY2017 | 29.2× | 142.87% |
| FY2016 | 12.0× | (13.25%) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 8.4× | (14.60%) |
| Mar 2026 | 9.8× | 15.48% |
| Dec 2025 | 8.5× | 5.44% |
| Sep 2025 | 8.1× | (4.52%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/FCF against peers
| Company | EV/FCF |
|---|---|
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 7.8× |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company | 9.0× |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 9.2× |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 14.5× |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 15.3× |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 18.4× |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 19.1× |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | 27.0× |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 49.3× |
What EV/FCF is
EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))
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