Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) 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 $2.8B against $2.2B — 1.3× the size. Central Garden & Pet Company trades at the lower P/E: 12.6× against 13.9×. Freshpet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.8% against −1.16%. Freshpet, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.3% vs 5.39%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.55% vs 8.10%). Across the 21 metrics below, Central Garden & Pet Company leads on 12 and Freshpet, Inc. on 9.