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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 8.17%, EPS fell 4.58%, free cash flow grew 25.1% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) EV/Sales
As of 16 October 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) trades at a EV/Sales of 0.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (January 2015) to 1.3× (May 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.9× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.
EV/Sales, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 0.8× | (14.58%) |
| FY2024 | 0.9× | (0.45%) |
| FY2023 | 0.9× | 2.82% |
| FY2022 | 0.9× | (13.35%) |
| FY2021 | 1.0× | 25.12% |
| FY2020 | 0.8× | 4.64% |
| FY2019 | 0.8× | (16.88%) |
| FY2018 | 0.9× | (17.26%) |
| FY2017 | 1.1× | 31.16% |
| FY2016 | 0.8× | 29.52% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.9× | 7.18% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.9× | 11.80% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.8× | 4.53% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.8× | (11.24%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 0.6× |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 0.8× |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company | 0.9× |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 1.0× |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 1.2× |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 1.3× |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | 1.4× |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 1.6× |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 2.9× |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.9× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.0× |
| Market median | 2.1× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)