Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Debt Ratio was 0.31 in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 3.4% from 0.33 a year earlier and down 1.1% from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Debt Ratio at Central Garden & Pet came in at 0.33, down 1.9% from FY2024.
- Debt Ratio has now declined for four consecutive fiscal years.
- In earlier fiscal years, Debt Ratio was 0.33 in FY2024 (-4.8%), 0.35 in FY2023 (-2.7%), 0.36 in FY2022 (-5.0%) and 0.38 in FY2021 (+28.2%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Debt Ratio since fiscal Q4 2020.
- Compared with a year earlier, Debt Ratio has declined for 13 straight quarters, with an average decline of 2.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Debt Ratio over five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (growth of 28.2%); the worst was fiscal Q2 2024 (a decline of 7.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, CENT's Debt Ratio in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 0.32 (Q2 2026), 0.33 (Q1 2026) and 0.33 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | 0.42 |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 0.30 |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 0.40 |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 0.26 |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 0.45 |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 0.42 |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 0.30 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 0.21 |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 0.16 |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 0.31 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 0.31 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 0.32 |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 0.33 |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 0.33 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 0.35 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.35 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 0.35 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 0.36 |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 0.37 |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 0.36 |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 0.35 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 0.35 |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 0.38 |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 0.38 |
API Access
Central Garden & Pet Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "CENT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();