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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.

Revenue
−8.17%
EPS
−4.58%
Free cash flow
+25.1%
Total debt
+0.15%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

41.06 0.44 −1.06%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
15.2×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.51
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
n/a
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 8.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.8× (October 2025) to 12.8× (June 2018); the current reading is higher than 21% of that period. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 8.3× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 6.4× (25.26%)
FY2024 8.5× (7.12%)
FY2023 9.2× 12.08%
FY2022 8.2× (11.49%)
FY2021 9.2× 19.22%
FY2020 7.8× (9.60%)
FY2019 8.6× (2.74%)
FY2018 8.8× (20.92%)
FY2017 11.2× 26.58%
FY2016 8.8× 0.15%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 7.6× 5.40%
Mar 2026 7.3× 5.17%
Dec 2025 6.9× 8.30%
Sep 2025 6.4× (13.52%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.8× High 12.8×
Ten-year median 9.1×
Current reading's percentile 21

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare 4.9×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 7.9×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company 8.1×
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 8.3×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 9.3×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 10.6×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare 12.5×
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 17.0×
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 20.8×
Packaged Foods industry median 8.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.5×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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