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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. 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.

42.04 0.09 +0.21%
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
15.6×
Fwd P/E
13.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.56
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) trades at a P/E ratio of 15.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.2× (October 2025) to 36.8× (December 2016); the current reading is higher than 23% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 13.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 12.7× (43.16%)
FY2024 22.3× 24.33%
FY2023 17.9× 44.68%
FY2022 12.4× (26.24%)
FY2021 16.8× (3.40%)
FY2020 17.4× (1.64%)
FY2019 17.7× 21.34%
FY2018 14.6× (40.42%)
FY2017 24.4× (12.64%)
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 36.8×
Ten-year median 18.2×
Current reading's percentile 24

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare n/m
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare 9.1×
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 11.5×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 13.2×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 13.4×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 15.0×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company 15.6×
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 16.0×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare 30.1×
Packaged Foods industry median 13.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

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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