Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's EBIT Margin came in at 14.26% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.20 percentage points from 14.06% a year earlier and up 1.69 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 27, 2026, Central Garden & Pet reported EBIT Margin of 8.10%, up 0.92 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at 7.99%, up 2.20 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBIT Margin carries a five-year change of +0.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, EBIT Margin was 5.79% in FY2024 (-0.57 pp), 6.36% in FY2023 (-1.43 pp), 7.79% in FY2022 (+0.09 pp) and 7.70% in FY2021 (+0.36 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly EBIT Margin in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- Year-over-year, EBIT Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.50 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBIT Margin over five years came in fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 3.90 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 6.09 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CENT's EBIT Margin at 12.57% (Q2 2026), 2.68% (Q1 2026) and -0.94% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 20.80% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 23.06% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -102.70% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 14.43% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 23.05% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 14.27% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.75% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.76% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 14.26% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 14.26% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 12.57% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.68% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -0.94% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 14.06% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.20% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 4.26% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -4.84% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 11.64% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 10.38% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.25% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 12.00% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 8.59% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 0.06% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 1.82% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 11.23% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 11.20% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 3.96% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 1.30% |
Central Garden & Pet EBIT Margin 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=ebit-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "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=ebit-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();