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
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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) P/E ratio
As of 5 November 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) trades at a P/E ratio of 15.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.2× (October 2025) to 35.1× (December 2016); the current reading is higher than 31% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 12.8× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 17.2×.
P/E ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 11.4× | (40.29%) |
| FY2024 | 19.2× | 15.62% |
| FY2023 | 16.6× | 38.31% |
| FY2022 | 12.0× | (21.95%) |
| FY2021 | 15.4× | (4.38%) |
| FY2020 | 16.1× | (6.15%) |
| FY2019 | 17.1× | 25.36% |
| FY2018 | 13.7× | (43.17%) |
| FY2017 | 24.0× | (11.85%) |
| FY2016 | 27.3× | 11.63% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 14.4× | 22.69% |
| Mar 2026 | 11.7× | (0.96%) |
| Dec 2025 | 11.8× | 3.25% |
| Sep 2025 | 11.4× | (18.79%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare | n/m |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd compare | 8.7× |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare | 11.8× |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare | 14.2× |
| CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company | 15.2× |
| MZTI The Marzetti Company compare | 17.2× |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare | 17.7× |
| FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare | 24.3× |
| JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare | 34.7× |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 12.8× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 17.2× |
| Market median | 17.9× |
What P/E ratio is
Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.
Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)
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