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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
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) Free cash flow margin
Central Garden & Pet Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.2%, up 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.47% (fiscal 2022) to 11.0% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.31% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 9.30% | (1.69) |
| FY2024 | 11.0% | 1.09 |
| FY2023 | 9.90% | 14.37 |
| FY2022 | −4.47% | (9.63) |
| FY2021 | 5.16% | (3.05) |
| FY2020 | 8.21% | 0.93 |
| FY2019 | 7.28% | 3.84 |
| FY2018 | 3.44% | (0.37) |
| FY2017 | 3.81% | (3.17) |
| FY2016 | 6.98% | 3.02 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 11.2% |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company | 11.2% |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 10.7% |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 8.28% |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 6.96% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 6.39% |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 6.06% |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 5.58% |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | 5.24% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 2.31% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.51% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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