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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 8.17%, EPS fell 4.58%, free cash flow grew 25.1% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

36.21 0.16 +0.44%
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
13.4×
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/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) trades at a P/E ratio of 13.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.2× (October 2025) to 35.1× (December 2016); the current reading is higher than 12% of that period. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 13.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

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

Against its own ten years

Low 10.2× High 35.1×
Ten-year median 16.8×
Current reading's percentile 14

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare n/m
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare 9.1×
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 11.5×
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 13.2×
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company 13.4×
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 15.0×
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 15.6×
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 16.0×
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare 30.1×
Packaged Foods industry median 13.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

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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