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Central Garden & Pet Company

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

47.89 0.49 −1.01%

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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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) trades at a price to free cash flow of 8.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2023) to 35.9× (July 2018); the current reading is higher than 40% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 9.0× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

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Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
FY2025	7.1×	3.88%
FY2024	6.8×	(1.57%)
FY2023	6.9×	—
FY2022	0.0×	—
FY2021	15.0×	55.73%
FY2020	9.6×	1.85%
FY2019	9.5×	(60.78%)
FY2018	24.2×	(2.41%)
FY2017	24.8×	153.71%
FY2016	9.8×	2.47%

Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
Jun 2026	7.9×	(1.35%)
Mar 2026	8.0×	15.35%
Dec 2025	6.9×	(2.11%)
Sep 2025	7.1×	1.34%
42 more quarters	Free account

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 35.9×

Ten-year median 9.6×

Current reading's percentile 40

Company	Price to free cash flow
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare	4.7×
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare	6.0×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare	6.5×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare	7.3×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company	8.5×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare	14.4×
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare	16.6×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare	18.4×
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare	47.1×
Packaged Foods industry median	9.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median	15.1×
Market median	14.1×

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Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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