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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) Operating margin
Central Garden & Pet Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.10%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.54% (fiscal 2015) to 7.99% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.99% | 2.20 |
| FY2024 | 5.79% | (0.57) |
| FY2023 | 6.36% | (1.43) |
| FY2022 | 7.79% | 0.09 |
| FY2021 | 7.70% | 0.36 |
| FY2020 | 7.34% | 0.96 |
| FY2019 | 6.38% | (1.17) |
| FY2018 | 7.55% | (0.05) |
| FY2017 | 7.60% | 0.53 |
| FY2016 | 7.07% | 1.53 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 14.3% | 1.69 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.6% | 9.89 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.68% | 3.62 |
| Sep 2025 | −0.94% | (15.00) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 11.5% |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 10.4% |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 9.60% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 9.57% |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 8.76% |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company | 8.10% |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 8.10% |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 3.95% |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | 0.67% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 2.53% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.70% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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