Freshpet, Inc.

FRPT Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Freshpet, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 billion, up 13.0% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.0%
EPS
−70.5%
Free cash flow
+19.9%
Total debt
−0.05%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

65.42 5.87 −8.23%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
24.3×
Fwd P/E
34.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.02
Beneish M
−1.93
Dividend safety
n/a

Freshpet, Inc. (FRPT) Operating margin

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Freshpet, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.76%, up 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.87%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.73% (fiscal 2022) to 6.87% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.87% 2.97
FY2024 3.90% 7.87
FY2023 −3.97% 4.76
FY2022 −8.73% (2.93)
FY2021 −5.80% (5.17)
FY2020 −0.63% (0.53)
FY2019 −0.10% 2.43
FY2018 −2.53% (0.72)
FY2017 −1.81% (0.10)
FY2016 −1.71% 1.43

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.1% 3.95
Jun 2026 7.10% 5.64
Mar 2026 1.46% (14.13)
Dec 2025 15.6% 6.97
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −8.73% High 6.87%
Ten-year median −1.81%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 11.9%
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 11.5%
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 10.4%
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 9.60%
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. 8.76%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 3.40%
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 0.67%
Packaged Foods industry median 2.53%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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