Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) 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 12.6×. 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 12 and Post Holdings, Inc. on 10.