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) Return on invested capital

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Freshpet, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.04%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.49%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.60% (fiscal 2022) to 3.49% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.49% 1.52
FY2024 1.97% 3.74
FY2023 −1.77% 1.83
FY2022 −3.60% (1.24)
FY2021 −2.36% (1.99)
FY2020 −0.37% (0.28)
FY2019 −0.09% 2.59
FY2018 −2.68% (1.18)
FY2017 −1.50% (0.25)
FY2016 −1.25% 1.21

Against its own ten years

Low −3.60% High 3.49%
Ten-year median −1.50%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MZTI The Marzetti Company compare 11.2%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 10.0%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company compare 8.10%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 6.14%
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. 5.04%
POST Post Holdings, Inc. compare 4.83%
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited compare 4.26%
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. compare 0.29%
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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