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Central Garden & Pet Company
CENTA 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.
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| Sep '16 | Sep '17 | Sep '18 | Sep '19 | Sep '20 | Sep '21 | Sep '22 | Sep '23 | Sep '24 | Sep '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piotroski F-Score |
— | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
P/E ratio |
27.25 | 24.02 | 13.65 | 17.11 | 16.06 | 15.36 | 11.99 | 16.58 | 19.17 | 11.45 |
P/S ratio |
0.66 | 0.92 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.60 |
Altman Z-Score |
3.75 | 4.32 | 3.43 | 3.24 | 3.22 | 2.75 | 2.56 | 2.64 | 2.53 | 2.51 |
P/FCF ratio |
9.51 | 24.07 | 22.40 | 9.08 | 8.82 | 13.60 | 0.00 | 6.34 | 5.87 | 6.40 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
4.78 | 4.72 | 5.71 | 5.53 | 5.22 | 4.05 | 4.18 | 4.47 | 4.58 | 4.79 |
P/Operating CF |
19.64 | 26.27 | 17.73 | 14.03 | 11.13 | 32.10 | 37.59 | 13.48 | 10.16 | 10.20 |
Beneish M-Score |
(2.93) | (2.35) | (2.41) | (2.67) | (2.49) | (2.38) | (2.20) | (2.95) | (2.93) | (2.73) |
P/B ratio |
2.19 | 2.95 | 1.79 | 1.58 | 1.81 | 1.89 | 1.36 | 1.43 | 1.32 | 1.18 |
Price to Tangible BV |
5.34 | 7.11 | 3.29 | 2.79 | 2.99 | 3.22 | 7.42 | 5.07 | 3.87 | 3.20 |
EV/Sales |
0.82 | 1.09 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
EV/EBITDA |
8.81 | 11.15 | 8.82 | 8.58 | 7.76 | 9.25 | 8.18 | 9.17 | 8.52 | 6.37 |
EV/Operating CF |
9.94 | 19.53 | 16.72 | 8.57 | 7.49 | 12.22 | (82.65) | 7.24 | 6.29 | 6.49 |
EV/FCF |
11.79 | 28.56 | 25.01 | 10.13 | 8.95 | 17.97 | (18.85) | 8.43 | 7.06 | 7.41 |
Quick Ratio |
1.51 | 1.28 | 3.61 | 2.91 | 2.40 | 1.58 | 1.22 | 1.82 | 2.12 | 2.27 |
Current Ratio |
3.38 | 3.10 | 5.72 | 4.69 | 3.46 | 2.96 | 3.34 | 3.73 | 3.66 | 3.67 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
1.71 | 1.75 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.11 | 2.25 | 2.89 | 2.28 | 1.45 | 0.87 |
Debt/Assets |
33.48% | 30.27% | 36.29% | 34.23% | 29.67% | 38.05% | 36.15% | 35.17% | 33.49% | 32.87% |
Debt/Equity |
0.71 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.75 |
Asset Turnover |
1.58 | 1.65 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 1.21 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.87 |
Operating CF/Net income |
3.40 | 1.45 | 0.92 | 2.21 | 2.19 | 1.65 | (0.22) | 3.04 | 3.66 | 2.04 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.57) | (0.82) | (0.77) | (0.60) | (0.75) | (1.04) | (1.38) | (0.60) | (0.41) | (0.47) |
Interest Coverage |
3.02 | 5.53 | 4.27 | 3.57 | 4.50 | 4.34 | 4.46 | 3.69 | 3.22 | 4.33 |
| 8.39% | 13.23% | 15.55% | 9.52% | 11.64% | 13.19% | 11.89% | 9.01% | 7.17% | 10.36% | |
| 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% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
6.96% | 12.24% | 10.11% | 7.28% | 9.08% | 11.24% | 10.25% | 7.66% | 6.17% | 9.04% |
Average Days of Receivables |
40.14 | 42.26 | 45.46 | 45.97 | 53.05 | 42.58 | 41.19 | 36.71 | 37.20 | 37.95 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
23.07% | 23.20% | 22.93% | 23.16% | 22.21% | 21.69% | 21.93% | 22.24% | 23.69% | 23.88% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.28 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.28 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
0.46% | 0.54% | 0.52% | 0.62% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 0.77% | 0.85% | 0.64% | 0.67% |
Graham Net Nets |
0.05 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.14 | (0.15) | (0.22) | (0.11) | (0.05) | (0.03) |
Graham Number |
12.18 | 16.88 | 25.34 | 20.23 | 25.43 | 30.25 | 32.08 | 30.89 | 29.56 | 38.19 |
Earnings Yield |
3.67% | 4.16% | 7.33% | 5.84% | 6.23% | 6.51% | 8.34% | 6.03% | 5.22% | 8.74% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
10.52% | 4.15% | 4.46% | 11.02% | 11.33% | 7.35% | (8.21%) | 15.78% | 17.05% | 15.62% |
Revenue per Share |
29.88 | 32.72 | 34.27 | 33.58 | 39.93 | 49.02 | 50.19 | 50.54 | 48.71 | 49.59 |
Operating CF per Share |
2.47 | 1.82 | 1.77 | 2.89 | 3.91 | 3.72 | (0.51) | 5.83 | 6.01 | 5.27 |
Capex per Share |
(0.39) | (0.58) | (0.59) | (0.44) | (0.64) | (1.19) | (1.73) | (0.82) | (0.66) | (0.66) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
2.09 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 2.44 | 3.28 | 2.53 | (2.24) | 5.00 | 5.35 | 4.61 |
Cash per Share |
1.70 | 0.72 | 7.63 | 7.20 | 9.87 | 6.52 | 2.89 | 7.68 | 11.69 | 14.24 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
9.06 | 10.15 | 14.74 | 14.04 | 15.96 | 18.16 | 20.06 | 22.18 | 23.70 | 25.12 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
9.06 | 10.15 | 14.74 | 14.04 | 15.96 | 18.16 | 20.06 | 22.18 | 23.70 | 25.12 |
Free Cash Flow |
127.72 | 78.20 | 76.27 | 173.40 | 221.22 | 170.51 | (149.23) | 327.67 | 351.76 | 291.09 |
Working Capital |
481.08 | 462.85 | 1,004.33 | 1,028.67 | 1,085.02 | 1,021.34 | 1,087.96 | 1,249.14 | 1,371.42 | 1,437.37 |
Capital Expenditures |
(23.71) | (36.11) | (37.84) | (31.58) | (43.05) | (80.33) | (115.20) | (53.97) | (43.13) | (41.42) |
Net Current Asset Value |
57.20 | 13.29 | 262.92 | 278.35 | 263.59 | (349.48) | (393.44) | (218.71) | (109.09) | (64.58) |
EV/EBIT |
11.64 | 14.30 | 11.40 | 11.55 | 10.00 | 12.04 | 10.82 | 13.11 | 13.40 | 8.62 |
Capex to Sales |
0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Price to Operating Income |
9.39 | 12.06 | 10.21 | 10.35 | 9.86 | 9.11 | 6.99 | 9.86 | 11.13 | 7.45 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.26 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.24 |
Cash ROIC |
12.12% | 7.25% | 3.57% | 7.88% | 9.07% | 5.99% | (5.50%) | 10.42% | 10.00% | 7.92% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
8.95 | 9.36 | 8.62 | 8.27 | 7.79 | 8.50 | 8.76 | 9.33 | 9.71 | 9.61 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
13.34 | 13.82 | 14.42 | 12.94 | 10.71 | 10.35 | 10.17 | 11.62 | 11.19 | 9.53 |
Inventory Turnover |
3.66 | 3.82 | 3.80 | 3.76 | 4.19 | 4.15 | 2.89 | 2.66 | 2.83 | 2.88 |
Average Days of Payables |
29.30 | 26.52 | 26.13 | 32.45 | 39.45 | 38.42 | 33.55 | 29.48 | 34.39 | 40.17 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
103.55 | 98.10 | 101.40 | 101.35 | 84.50 | 107.22 | 145.92 | 129.46 | 122.59 | 123.64 |
Average Receivables |
204.28 | 219.51 | 256.89 | 288.02 | 345.95 | 388.58 | 381.09 | 354.84 | 329.56 | 325.76 |
Average Payables |
95.65 | 102.85 | 106.77 | 129.75 | 177.24 | 225.39 | 230.61 | 203.29 | 201.75 | 223.61 |
Average Inventory |
348.98 | 372.05 | 404.96 | 447.01 | 452.91 | 562.43 | 811.62 | 888.09 | 798.07 | 740.02 |
Average Assets |
1,156.14 | 1,243.79 | 1,607.06 | 1,966.11 | 2,182.19 | 2,728.02 | 3,199.34 | 3,330.33 | 3,466.04 | 3,589.54 |
Average Common Equity |
530.48 | 595.86 | 794.99 | 974.51 | 1,036.93 | 1,150.61 | 1,279.13 | 1,393.76 | 1,505.18 | 1,571.24 |
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