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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
Central Garden & Pet Company's free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $291.1M, down 17.2% from $351.8M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 it was $345.6M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$149.2M (fiscal 2022) to $351.8M (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. Central Garden & Pet Company ranks 14th of 66 Packaged Foods companies by free cash flow.
Free cash flow, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $291.1M | (17.25%) |
| FY2024 | $351.8M | 7.35% |
| FY2023 | $327.7M | — |
| FY2022 | −$149.2M | — |
| FY2021 | $170.5M | (22.92%) |
| FY2020 | $221.2M | 27.58% |
| FY2019 | $173.4M | 127.36% |
| FY2018 | $76.3M | (2.47%) |
| FY2017 | $78.2M | (38.77%) |
| FY2016 | $127.7M | 95.23% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | $314.9M | — |
| Mar 2026 | −$60.1M | — |
| Dec 2025 | −$81.0M | — |
| Sep 2025 | $171.9M | (31.70%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow against peers
| Company | Free cash flow |
|---|---|
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | $585.6M |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare | $345.6M |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company | $345.6M |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | $337.1M |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | $286.7M |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | $205.7M |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | $92.4M |
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | $76.2M |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | $67.3M |
What Free cash flow is
Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.
Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)
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