Growth Metrics

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet's EBT Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 1.45% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 138.0% to 1.45% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 6.7%, a 170.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 6.93%, up 248.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 1.45% in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, up from 2.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBT Margin for CENT hit a ceiling of 13.25% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 6.72% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 4.7% across 5 years, with a median of 4.93% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: tumbled -667bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 468bps in 2025.
  • Tracing CENT's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.75% in 2021, then crashed by -206bps to 1.86% in 2022, then soared by 97bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 6036bps to 2.83% in 2024, then crashed by -49bps to 1.45% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EBT Margin for CENT at 1.45% in Q4 2025, 2.04% in Q3 2025, and 13.25% in Q2 2025.