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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) vs Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)

Central Garden & Pet Company and Post Holdings, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Post Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.3B against $2.2B — 1.5× the size. Post Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.3× against 14.6×. Post Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.20% against −1.16%. Central Garden & Pet Company has the higher net margin (5.39% vs 3.48%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.10% vs 4.83%). Across the 22 metrics below, Central Garden & Pet Company leads on 11 and Post Holdings, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CENT POST Packaged Foods median
P/E 14.63 12.34 12.69
P/S 0.79 0.39 0.61
P/B 1.39 1.07 1.47
Price to free cash flow 7.02 5.63 8.50
EV/EBITDA 7.78 7.57 8.20
EV/Sales 0.85 1.27 0.85
Earnings yield 6.83% 8.11% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 14.24% 17.75% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric CENT POST Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 32.54% 28.82% 27.54%
Operating margin 8.10% 9.60% 0.00%
Net margin 5.39% 3.48% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 11.21% 6.96% 2.56%
Return on equity 9.97% 8.26% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.47% 2.24% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.10% 4.83% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CENT POST Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 6.20% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 57.41% (2.30%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.03% 11.61% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.18% 234.64% 0.00%

Health

Metric CENT POST Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.68 2.47 0.26
Current ratio 3.79 1.85 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 0.87 5.35 0.87

Dividend

Metric CENT POST Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — — 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CENT POST Packaged Foods median
Market cap 2.20b 3.26b 245.45m

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