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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. 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.

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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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.26

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	1	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—

Insider Ownership 87.29%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,330.00

Revenue 3,084.06

Net Income 166.39

Free Cash Flow 345.63

Net Debt 180.84

Current Ratio 3.79

Debt/Equity 0.68

P/E ratio 15.57

Fwd P/E 13.90

P/S ratio 0.84

P/B ratio 1.48

Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.70%

This Y EPS Growth 8.94%

Next Y EPS Growth 4.98%

Next Y revenue growth (3.68%)

Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.75%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 23.88%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 75.49%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 20.27%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 40.25%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 4.31%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —

Annual Dividend Rate —

Annual Dividend Yield —

	total	individual payouts
2024	Powerpack
2023	Powerpack
2022	Powerpack
2021	Powerpack
2020	Powerpack
2017	Powerpack

special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	503	768	898	1,012
Receivables	333	326	325	460
Inventory	838	758	722	632
Other	—	—	—	—
	1,707	1,887	1,976	2,135

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	191	213	235	217
ST’ Debt	0	0	0	0
Other	—	—	—	—
	458	515	539	564

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	6.60%	3.03%	(2.14%)
Cash Flow	14.29%	4.70%	0.00%
Earnings	17.68%	6.18%	2.29%
Book Value	12.09%	8.02%	5.89%

Revenue $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	617	906	882	—	—
’25	656	834	961	678	3,129
’24	635	900	996	669	3,200
’23	628	909	1,023	750	3,310
’22	661	954	1,015	707	3,339
’21	592	935	1,037	739	3,304
’20	483	703	833	676	2,696

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	(70)	(50)	327	—	—
’25	(69)	(47)	265	183	333
’24	(70)	(25)	286	203	395
’23	(63)	(34)	325	154	382
’22	(92)	(180)	190	48	(34)
’21	(36)	(84)	299	72	251
’20	(18)	(75)	182	175	264

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	(81)	(60)	315	—	—
’25	(75)	(58)	252	172	291
’24	(80)	(34)	272	193	352
’23	(81)	(46)	314	141	328
’22	(117)	(231)	167	32	(149)
’21	(51)	(103)	275	49	171
’20	(28)	(84)	174	159	221

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	0.11	1.28	1.45	—	—
’25	0.21	0.98	1.52	(0.16)	2.55
’24	0.01	0.93	1.19	(0.51)	1.62
’23	(0.13)	0.72	1.25	0.04	1.88
’22	0.13	1.02	1.11	(0.03)	2.24
’21	0.08	1.06	1.10	(0.05)	2.20
’20	(0.06)	0.62	1.02	0.20	1.76

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	9.14	22.77	23.34	17.54	18.65	30.03	27.89	27.88	32.17	28.77	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	27.01	33.12	35.25	31.79	35.08	49.26	41.82	40.13	47.48	41.25
People
People	Employees	3,600	4,100	5,400	5,800	6,300	7,000	7,000	6,700	6,450	6,000
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.51	0.50	0.41	0.41	0.43	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.50	0.52
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	1,829	2,054	2,215	2,383	2,696	3,304	3,339	3,310	3,200	3,129
	Gross margin, %	30.24	30.80	30.49	29.54	29.55	29.39	29.72	28.60	29.49	31.87
	EBT	70	126	127	119	154	195	199	162	142	217
	EBT margin, %	3.81	6.15	5.75	5.00	5.70	5.90	5.96	4.91	4.45	6.93
	Net income	46	80	124	93	122	153	153	126	109	164
	Depreciation	42	44	49	53	57	77	84	90	106	89
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	29.88	32.72	34.27	33.58	39.93	49.02	50.19	50.54	48.71	49.59
	Earnings	0.73	1.26	1.91	1.30	1.78	2.25	2.29	1.92	1.64	2.58
	Cash flow	2.47	1.82	1.77	2.89	3.91	3.72	(0.51)	5.83	6.01	5.27
	Capex	(0.39)	(0.58)	(0.59)	(0.44)	(0.64)	(1.19)	(1.73)	(0.82)	(0.66)	(0.66)
	Free cash flow	2.09	1.25	1.18	2.44	3.28	2.53	(2.24)	5.00	5.35	4.61
	Book value	9.06	10.15	14.74	14.04	15.96	18.16	20.06	22.18	23.70	25.12
	Shares, m	61	63	65	71	68	67	67	65	66	63
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	27.97	24.43	14.56	17.66	17.37	16.78	12.38	17.91	22.27	12.66
	P/S	0.68	0.93	0.82	0.68	0.78	0.77	0.56	0.68	0.75	0.66
	P/B	2.25	3.00	1.91	1.63	1.96	2.07	1.41	1.54	1.54	1.30
	EV/Sales	0.84	1.10	0.91	0.76	0.79	0.99	0.86	0.88	0.88	0.75
	EV/FCF	12.04	28.97	26.50	10.42	9.67	19.23	(19.24)	8.94	8.01	8.08
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	151	114	114	205	264	251	(34)	382	395	333
	Capex	(24)	(36)	(38)	(32)	(43)	(80)	(115)	(54)	(43)	(41)
	Free cash flow	128	78	76	173	221	171	(149)	328	352	291
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	481	463	1,004	1,029	1,085	1,021	1,088	1,249	1,371	1,437
	Total debt	395	396	692	693	694	1,186	1,187	1,188	1,190	1,192
	Net debt	291	351	199	182	28	746	994	685	422	293
	Shareholders’ equity	555	637	953	996	1,078	1,224	1,335	1,453	1,558	1,585
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	3.85	6.34	7.69	4.72	5.53	5.56	4.76	3.77	3.12	4.54
	ROIC	9.56	9.88	9.08	8.06	11.19	8.08	6.98	6.16	5.85	8.32
	ROE	8.39	13.23	15.55	9.52	11.64	13.19	11.89	9.01	7.17	10.36

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
POST Post Holdings, Inc.	$3.4B	13.2×	13.3×	−1.83% (below 0%: shrinking)	−27.69% (below 0%: shrinking)	+69.65% (above 0%: growing)	29.07%	9.72%	Compare
FRPT Freshpet, Inc.	$3.3B	16.0×	26.0×	+15.45% (above 0%: growing)	+17.65% (above 0%: growing)	+3,203.37% (above 0%: growing)	42.11%	7.10%	Compare
MZTI The Marzetti Company	$2.8B	15.0×	14.9×	−2.19% (below 0%: shrinking)	+49.15% (above 0%: growing)	−30.07% (below 0%: shrinking)	24.51%	12.41%	Compare
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company	$2.3B	15.6×	13.9×	−8.17% (below 0%: shrinking)	−4.58% (below 0%: shrinking)	+25.12% (above 0%: growing)	35.92%	14.26%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company	$2.3B	13.4×	—	−8.17% (below 0%: shrinking)	−4.58% (below 0%: shrinking)	+25.12% (above 0%: growing)	35.92%	14.26%	Compare
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc.	$2.1B	— (loss-making)	9.2×	+1.39% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+93.40% (above 0%: growing)	25.87%	(1.48%)	Compare
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited	$1.6B	11.5×	7.2×	−0.76% (below 0%: shrinking)	−2.38% (below 0%: shrinking)	+24.23% (above 0%: growing)	28.91%	12.24%	Compare
HLF Herbalife Ltd	$1.5B	9.1×	5.5×	+5.38% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−70.49% (below 0%: shrinking)	77.67%	9.67%	Compare
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp.	$1.5B	30.1×	23.2×	−6.24% (below 0%: shrinking)	−16.74% (below 0%: shrinking)	+4.83% (above 0%: growing)	35.45%	10.86%	Compare
Median of peers	$2.2B	13.4×	13.3×	−1.29%	−3.48%	+24.67%	32.26%	10.29%

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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) key facts

Concern: Central Garden & Pet Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.1 billion, down 2.23% from fiscal 2024.
Strength: Net income was $164.0 million, or $2.58 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.20%.
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 16, 2026, CENT traded at $42.04, a market capitalization of $2.3 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 15.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.8× sales; its P/E is higher than 24% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Return on equity was 10.4% and debt-to-equity 0.68.
Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.56 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.