Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet's (CENT) quarterly EBITDA Margin came in at 12.57% in Q1 2026, up 138.0% year-on-year from 5.28% in Q1 2025, and up 955.99% quarter-over-quarter from 1.19% in Q4 2025.

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed EBITDA Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 12.57% for Q1 2026.

  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 12.57%, up 138.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.91% (up 192.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.99%, up 220.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin came in at 12.57% for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, up from 1.19% 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.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 5.33% (2023), against an average of 5.39%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBITDA Margin sank 609 bps in 2024 and soared 431 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Central Garden & Pet's EBITDA Margin stood at 1.29% in 2022, then soared by 117 bps to 0.22% in 2023, then soared by 723 bps to 1.85% in 2024, then plunged by 36 bps to 1.19% in 2025, then jumped by 956 bps to 12.57% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 12.57% (Q1 2026), 1.19% (Q4 2025), and 0.94% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (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 18.94%
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 11.82%
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 12.14%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn -23.44%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
10 Central Garden & Pet 2.47 Bn 1.81 Bn 299.56 Mn 12.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 12.57%
Dec 27, 2025 1.19%
Sep 27, 2025 -0.94%
Jun 28, 2025 14.06%
Mar 29, 2025 11.20%
Dec 28, 2024 1.85%
Sep 28, 2024 -4.84%
Jun 29, 2024 11.64%
Mar 30, 2024 6.88%
Dec 30, 2023 0.22%
Sep 30, 2023 1.25%
Jun 24, 2023 12.00%
Mar 25, 2023 5.33%
Dec 24, 2022 -1.29%
Sep 24, 2022 1.82%
Jun 25, 2022 11.24%
Mar 26, 2022 7.42%
Dec 25, 2021 1.32%
Sep 25, 2021 1.30%
Jun 26, 2021 10.92%