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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) vs Freshpet, Inc. (FRPT)

Central Garden & Pet Company and Freshpet, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Freshpet, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $2.7B — 1.2× the size. Central Garden & Pet Company trades at the lower P/E: 17.7× against 24.3×. Freshpet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against −1.16%. Freshpet, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs 5.39%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.04% vs 8.10%). Across the 22 metrics below, Central Garden & Pet Company leads on 12 and Freshpet, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CENT FRPT Packaged Foods median
P/E 17.74 24.29 12.84
P/S 0.95 2.63 0.67
P/B 1.68 2.57 1.58
Price to free cash flow 8.51 47.06 8.97
EV/EBITDA 9.32 17.04 8.34
EV/Sales 1.01 2.75 0.97
Earnings yield 5.64% 4.12% 2.16%
Free cash flow yield 11.74% 2.12% 5.54%

Profitability

Metric CENT FRPT Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 32.54% 42.62% 28.37%
Operating margin 8.10% 8.76% 2.53%
Net margin 5.39% 10.90% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 11.21% 5.58% 2.31%
Return on equity 9.97% 10.92% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.47% 7.39% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.10% 5.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CENT FRPT Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 11.75% 3.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 57.41% 183.87% 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.03% 28.16% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.18% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CENT FRPT Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.35 0.18
Current ratio 3.79 5.68 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.87 0.88 0.73

Dividend

Metric CENT FRPT Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — — 3.68%
Payout ratio — — 0.62

Size

Metric CENT FRPT Packaged Foods median
Market cap 2.65b 3.11b 268.23m

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