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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

47.51 0.43 −0.90%
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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) trades at a P/E ratio of 17.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.2× (October 2025) to 37.3× (December 2016); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 12.8× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 17.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 12.7× (43.16%)
FY2024 22.3× 22.93%
FY2023 18.1× 44.69%
FY2022 12.5× (26.25%)
FY2021 17.0× (3.38%)
FY2020 17.6× (1.66%)
FY2019 17.9× 21.34%
FY2018 14.7× (40.41%)
FY2017 24.7× (11.67%)
FY2016 28.0× 21.94%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 16.4× 23.71%
Mar 2026 13.3× 1.98%
Dec 2025 13.0× 2.85%
Sep 2025 12.7× (20.14%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 11.2× High 37.3×
Ten-year median 18.3×
Current reading's percentile 45

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare n/m
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare 8.7×
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 11.8×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 14.2×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 15.2×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 17.2×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company 17.7×
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 24.3×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare 34.7×
Packaged Foods industry median 12.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 17.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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