Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet's (CENT) quarterly Debt to Equity came in at $0.72 in Q1 2026, down 6.46% year-on-year from $0.77 in Q1 2025, and down 4.59% quarter-over-quarter from $0.76 in Q4 2025.

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed Debt to Equity across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $0.72 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $0.72, down 6.46% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.72 (down 6.46% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.75, down 1.59% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity came in at $0.72 for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, down from $0.76 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $0.92 in Q1 2022 to a low of $0.72 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.79 (2024), against an average of $0.81.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt to Equity advanced 8.71% in 2022 and dropped 10.98% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Central Garden & Pet's Debt to Equity stood at $0.9 in 2022, then slipped by 8.69% to $0.82 in 2023, then retreated by 4.35% to $0.78 in 2024, then dropped by 3.42% to $0.76 in 2025, then declined by 4.59% to $0.72 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.72 (Q1 2026), $0.76 (Q4 2025), and $0.75 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.50
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 1.27
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn 2.49
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.36
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 0.65
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - 5.30
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 1.40
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 0.29
10 Central Garden & Pet 2.47 Bn 1.81 Bn 299.56 Mn 0.72

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 0.72
Dec 27, 2025 0.76
Sep 27, 2025 0.75
Jun 28, 2025 0.75
Mar 29, 2025 0.77
Dec 28, 2024 0.78
Sep 28, 2024 0.76
Jun 29, 2024 0.75
Mar 30, 2024 0.79
Dec 30, 2023 0.82
Sep 30, 2023 0.82
Jun 24, 2023 0.82
Mar 25, 2023 0.88
Dec 24, 2022 0.90
Sep 24, 2022 0.89
Jun 25, 2022 0.88
Mar 26, 2022 0.92
Dec 25, 2021 0.96
Sep 25, 2021 0.97
Jun 26, 2021 0.95