Growth Metrics

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has disclosed EBITDA Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 2.68% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 159.0% to 2.68% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 7.72% through Dec 2025, up 234.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 7.99% for FY2025, 220.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin hit 2.68% in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, up from 0.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 14.06% in Q2 2025 to a low of 4.84% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, EBITDA Margin has averaged 5.21% across 5 years, with a median of 4.8% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: crashed -609bps in 2024 and later surged 431bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 1.32% in 2021, then plummeted by -197bps to 1.29% in 2022, then soared by 117bps to 0.22% in 2023, then surged by 1798bps to 4.26% in 2024, then crashed by -37bps to 2.68% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EBITDA Margin for CENT at 2.68% in Q4 2025, 0.94% in Q3 2025, and 14.06% in Q2 2025.