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 invested capital
Central Garden & Pet Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.10%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.32%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.85% (fiscal 2024) to 11.2% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.32% | 2.47 |
| FY2024 | 5.85% | (0.31) |
| FY2023 | 6.16% | (0.82) |
| FY2022 | 6.98% | (1.10) |
| FY2021 | 8.08% | (3.11) |
| FY2020 | 11.2% | 3.13 |
| FY2019 | 8.06% | (1.02) |
| FY2018 | 9.08% | (0.80) |
| FY2017 | 9.88% | 0.32 |
| FY2016 | 9.56% | 2.78 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 28.3% |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 11.2% |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company | 8.10% |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 8.10% |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 5.04% |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 4.83% |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 4.38% |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 4.26% |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | 0.29% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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