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

Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) P/B ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) trades at a P/B ratio of 1.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (January 2015) to 3.2× (December 2017); the current reading is higher than 37% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 1.6× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.7×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 1.2× (11.26%)
FY2024 1.3× (7.30%)
FY2023 1.4× 4.90%
FY2022 1.4× (28.10%)
FY2021 1.9× 4.62%
FY2020 1.8× 14.62%
FY2019 1.6× (11.88%)
FY2018 1.8× (39.31%)
FY2017 3.0× 34.93%
FY2016 2.2× 41.70%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Jun 2026 1.4× 13.24%
Mar 2026 1.2× 5.88%
Dec 2025 1.1× (3.24%)
Sep 2025 1.2× (3.59%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.9× High 3.2×
Ten-year median 1.6×
Current reading's percentile 33

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare n/m
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 0.6×
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 1.0×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 1.2×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company 1.4×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 1.7×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare 1.9×
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 2.6×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 2.8×
Packaged Foods industry median 1.6×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.7×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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