Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) reported EBITDA Margin of 16.49% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.19 percentage points from 16.30% a year earlier and up 1.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Central Garden & Pet's EBITDA Margin came in at 10.76%, up 0.79 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was 10.70%, up 2.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin has a five-year change of +1.30 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, EBITDA Margin came in at 8.63% in FY2024 (-0.38 pp), 9.01% in FY2023 (-1.20 pp), 10.21% in FY2022 (+0.25 pp) and 9.97% in FY2021 (+0.57 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBITDA Margin in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- Year over year, EBITDA Margin gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.45 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBITDA Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 3.57 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 5.65 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 14.86% (Q2 2026), 6.02% (Q1 2026) and 2.13% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 140.61 Bn | 92.06 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 80.56 Bn | 73.83 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 24.54% |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.97 Bn | 30.22 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 27.94% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.90 Bn | 14.32 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -98.53% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.49 Bn | 15.13 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 17.62% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.63 Bn | 13.41 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 28.80% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 11.55 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 14.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.23 Bn | 7.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.99% |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.65 Bn | 5.94 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 3.95% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 2.64 Bn | -616.07 Mn | 316.92 Mn | 16.56% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 16.56% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 14.92% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 6.13% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 2.23% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 16.37% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.75% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 7.71% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -1.34% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 13.98% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 12.99% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 4.98% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.30% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 14.19% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 11.09% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 3.63% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 5.12% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 13.26% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 13.18% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 7.11% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 4.36% |
Central Garden & Pet EBITDA Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-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=ebitda-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();