Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) posted EBT Margin of 13.55% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.30 percentage points from 13.25% a year earlier and up 2.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 27, 2026, EBT Margin at Central Garden & Pet was 7.11%, up 1.16 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was 6.93%, up 2.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBT Margin shows a five-year change of +1.22 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Central Garden & Pet's EBT Margin was 4.45% in FY2024 (-0.46 pp), 4.91% in FY2023 (-1.05 pp), 5.96% in FY2022 (+0.06 pp) and 5.90% in FY2021 (+0.19 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly EBT Margin in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBT Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.61 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBT Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2025, with a gain of 4.68 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2024, with a drop of 6.67 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 11.53% (Q2 2026), 1.45% (Q1 2026) and -2.04% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 20.30% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 21.11% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -101.82% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 11.44% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 19.28% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 11.37% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.48% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 3.36% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 13.55% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 13.55% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 11.53% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 1.45% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -2.04% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 13.25% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.16% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 2.83% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -6.72% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 10.63% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 9.09% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -0.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.05% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 10.80% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 7.03% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | -1.86% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | -0.49% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 9.75% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 9.62% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 1.75% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | -0.87% |
Central Garden & Pet EBT Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
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params = {"slug": "ebt-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=ebt-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();