stockrowCentral 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
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Return on equity
Central Garden & Pet Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.97%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.44% (fiscal 2015) to 15.6% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 10.4% | 3.19 |
| FY2024 | 7.17% | (1.84) |
| FY2023 | 9.01% | (2.88) |
| FY2022 | 11.9% | (1.30) |
| FY2021 | 13.2% | 1.55 |
| FY2020 | 11.6% | 2.12 |
| FY2019 | 9.52% | (6.03) |
| FY2018 | 15.6% | 2.32 |
| FY2017 | 13.2% | 4.84 |
| FY2016 | 8.39% | 1.95 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 16.8% |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 10.9% |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company | 9.97% |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 9.97% |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 8.26% |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 5.29% |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 4.99% |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | −2.15% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | −35.6% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.42% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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