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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

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 (at or above 1.5: strong)
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%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.75%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.9×, against a ten-year median of 0.9×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.6× in 2016 to 1.3× in 2021.
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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
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

Central Garden & Pet Company vs peers in Packaged Foods (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

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.

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