Central Garden & Pet Company
Rank #262Capital ReturnCENT · Nasdaq · Consumer Defensive
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) — Rank #262 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.26) · ROE 9.3% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000887733 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States.
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It operates through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment provides dog and cat supplies, such as dog treats and chews, toys, pet beds and containment, grooming items, waste management, and training pads; supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles, and pet birds, including toys, enclosures, habitats, bedding, and food and supplements; products for equine and livestock; animal and household health and insect control products; aquariums and terrariums, including fixtures and stands, water conditioners and supplements, water pumps and filters, and lighting systems and accessories; and live fish and small animals, as well as outdoor cushions. This segment sells its products under the Aqueon, Cadet, Comfort Zone, Farnam, Four Paws, K&H Pet Products, Kaytee, Nylabone, and Zilla brands. Its Garden segment offers lawn and garden supplies products that include grass seed; vegetable; flower and herb packet seed; wild bird feed, bird feeders, bird houses, and other birding accessories; fertilizers; decorative products; live plants; and weed and grass, as well as other herbicides, insecticide, and pesticide products. This segment sells its lawn and garden supplies products under the Amdro, Ferry-Morse, Pennington, and Sevin brands. The company sells its products to independent distributors, big-box retailers, national and regional retail chains, eCommerce and online retailers, grocery stores, nurseries, and mass merchants.
Central Garden & Pet Company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- September 27
- Website
- central.com
Financials
Stable
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowimproving
- Gross marginstable
- Gross profitabilitydeteriorating
- Net cashimproving
- Operating marginstable
- Return on equitydeteriorating
- Share count (dilution)improving
Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.
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| Fiscal year end | 2025-09-27filed 2025-11-26 | 2024-09-28filed 2024-11-27 | 2023-09-30filed 2023-11-28 | 2022-09-24filed 2022-11-22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 3,129.1 | 3,200.5 | 3,310.1 | 3,338.6 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -2.2% | -3.3% | -0.9% | 1.1% |
| Gross profit | 997.3 | 943.7 | 946.8 | 992.3 |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 29.5% | 28.6% | 29.7% |
| Net income | 162.8 | 108.0 | 125.6 | 152.2 |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 4.6% |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.55 | $1.62 | $2.35 | $2.80 |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 57.4% | -31.1% | -16.1% | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | 332.5 | 394.9 | 381.6 | (34.0) |
| Capital expenditures | 41.4 | 43.1 | 54.0 | 115.2 |
| Free cash flow | 291.1 | 351.8 | 327.7 | (149.2) |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?