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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) vs The Marzetti Company (MZTI)

Central Garden & Pet Company and The Marzetti Company are both Packaged Foods companies. The Marzetti Company is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $2.2B — 1.3× the size. The Marzetti Company trades at the lower P/E: 14.4× against 14.6×. The Marzetti Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.08% against −1.16%. The Marzetti Company has the higher net margin (9.91% vs 5.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.2% vs 8.10%). Across the 22 metrics below, The Marzetti Company leads on 12 and Central Garden & Pet Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric CENT MZTI Packaged Foods median
P/E 14.63 14.41 12.69
P/S 0.79 1.43 0.61
P/B 1.39 2.61 1.47
Price to free cash flow 7.02 12.15 8.50
EV/EBITDA 7.78 9.43 8.20
EV/Sales 0.85 1.52 0.85
Earnings yield 6.83% 6.94% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 14.24% 8.23% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric CENT MZTI Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 32.54% 24.73% 27.54%
Operating margin 8.10% 12.37% 0.00%
Net margin 5.39% 9.91% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 11.21% 11.73% 2.56%
Return on equity 9.97% 18.64% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.47% 13.28% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.10% 12.16% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CENT MZTI Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 1.08% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 57.41% 14.99% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.03% 5.64% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.18% 6.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric CENT MZTI Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.19 0.26
Current ratio 3.79 1.56 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 0.87 0.56 0.87

Dividend

Metric CENT MZTI Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 1.89% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.83 0.00

Size

Metric CENT MZTI Packaged Foods median
Market cap 2.20b 2.76b 245.45m

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