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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) Net margin
Central Garden & Pet Company's net margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.39%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.20%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.94% (fiscal 2015) to 5.58% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.
Net margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.20% | 1.83 |
| FY2024 | 3.37% | (0.43) |
| FY2023 | 3.80% | (0.76) |
| FY2022 | 4.56% | (0.03) |
| FY2021 | 4.59% | 0.11 |
| FY2020 | 4.48% | 0.59 |
| FY2019 | 3.89% | (1.69) |
| FY2018 | 5.58% | 1.74 |
| FY2017 | 3.84% | 1.41 |
| FY2016 | 2.43% | 0.49 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 10.2% | 1.42 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.76% | 7.65 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.11% | 2.56 |
| Sep 2025 | −1.45% | (11.34) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Net margin against peers
| Company | Net margin |
|---|---|
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 10.9% |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 9.04% |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company | 5.39% |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 5.39% |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 4.21% |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 3.48% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 3.41% |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 3.23% |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | −2.00% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.53% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.92% |
| Market median | 1.06% |
What Net margin is
Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.
Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue
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