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) Revenue growth

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Central Garden & Pet Company's revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −1.16%, up 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.23%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.31% (fiscal 2024) to 22.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 3.59% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 4.10%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 −2.23% 1.08
FY2024 −3.31% (2.46)
FY2023 −0.85% (1.91)
FY2022 1.06% (21.50)
FY2021 22.6% 9.45
FY2020 13.1% 5.54
FY2019 7.57% (0.26)
FY2018 7.83% (4.50)
FY2017 12.3% 1.53
FY2016 10.8% 7.91

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Jun 2026 −8.17% (16.88)
Mar 2026 8.71% 14.66
Dec 2025 −5.95% (7.25)
Sep 2025 1.30% 4.86
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −3.31% High 22.6%
Ten-year median 7.57%
Current reading's percentile 18

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. compare 11.8%
HLF Herbalife Ltd compare 6.35%
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 6.20%
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 3.59%
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 1.95%
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare −0.94%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare −1.16%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company −1.16%
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. compare −4.69%
Packaged Foods industry median 3.59%
Consumer Defensive sector median 4.10%
Market median 7.58%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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