Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Change in Cash (2010 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) reported Change in Cash of -$67.8 million for Q1 2026, up 33.06% on a YoY basis from -$51.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 57.92% sequentially from -$161.2 million in Q4 2025.

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Change in Cash (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has 17 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at -$67.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Change in Cash rose 33.06% year-over-year to -$67.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $138.1 million (down 36.02% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $130.0 million, down 51.03% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash improved to -$67.8 million in Q1 2026, from -$161.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $272.6 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$242.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $21.2 million and a median of -$28.5 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Change in Cash.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Cash jumped 1059.23% in 2023 and tumbled 152.76% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CENT's Change in Cash over 5 years: stood at -$89.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 64.27% to -$147.3 million in 2023, then grew by 7.82% to -$135.7 million in 2024, then slipped by 18.76% to -$161.2 million in 2025, then soared by 57.92% to -$67.8 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CENT's Change in Cash at -$67.8 million in Q1 2026, -$161.2 million in Q4 2025, and $170.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 672.00 Mn
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn -293.80 Mn
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn -41.16 Mn
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 153.50 Mn
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn -154.00 Mn
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 24.69 Mn
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn 162.90 Mn
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 10.70 Mn
10 Central Garden & Pet 2.64 Bn 2.62 Bn 299.56 Mn -67.83 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 -67.83 Mn
Dec 27, 2025 -161.19 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 170.70 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 196.40 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 -101.33 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 -135.73 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 184.03 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 268.85 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -40.09 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 -147.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 156.19 Mn
Jun 24, 2023 272.60 Mn
Mar 25, 2023 -28.46 Mn
Dec 24, 2022 -89.64 Mn
Sep 24, 2022 -16.28 Mn
Jun 25, 2022 141.71 Mn
Mar 26, 2022 -242.19 Mn
Dec 25, 2021 -130.57 Mn
Sep 25, 2021 -89.21 Mn
Jun 26, 2021 476.25 Mn