Central Garden & Pet Financial Ratios
NASDAQ: CENTConsumer DiscretionaryConsumer SpecialtiesUSD
At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Central Garden & Pet ratio analysis
Central Garden & Pet earned a net margin of 5.2% in FY 2025, up from 3.4% a year earlier. Gross margin was 31.9% compared with a median of 29.6% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 10.3%, meaning Central Garden & Pet generated 0.10 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.75 versus 0.76 the year before, and the current ratio was 3.67. At the end of FY 2025, CENT traded at 13.0 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 12.2 to 22.8, with a median of 13.9. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Central Garden & Pet financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 13.03 | 22.62 | 18.39 | 13.16 | 13.29 | 13.45 | 14.39 | 12.16 | 20.01 | 22.84 |
| Price / sales | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.53 |
| Price / book | 1.32 | 1.55 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 1.61 | 1.48 | 1.32 | 1.53 | 2.40 | 1.76 |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 29.5% | 28.6% | 29.7% | 29.4% | 29.6% | 29.5% | 30.5% | 30.8% | 30.2% |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 6.4% | 7.6% | 7.6% | 7.1% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 2.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.3% | 11.0% | 9.9% | -4.5% | 5.2% | 8.2% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 10.3% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 12.4% | 11.2% | 9.3% | 13.0% | 12.4% | 8.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.5% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 3.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.71 |
| Current ratio | 3.67 | 3.66 | 3.73 | 3.34 | 2.96 | 3.46 | 4.69 | 5.72 | 3.10 | 3.38 |
| Revenue growth | -2.2% | -3.3% | -0.9% | 1.1% | 22.6% | 13.1% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 12.3% | 10.8% |
| EPS growth | 57.4% | -13.8% | -16.1% | -18.5% | 25.0% | 36.6% | -30.6% | 52.6% | 74.7% | 35.9% |