Growth Metrics

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

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has disclosed FCF Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 13.13% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 171.0% to 13.13% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 9.22% through Dec 2025, down 313.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 9.3% for FY2025, 298.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 13.13% in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, down from 25.35% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 34.99% in Q3 2024 to a low of 24.19% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 6.2% across 5 years, with a median of 6.32% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: plummeted -1317bps in 2022 and later soared 1909bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 17.64% in 2021, then grew by 27bps to 12.9% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 12.59% in 2023, then grew by 9bps to 11.42% in 2024, then dropped by -15bps to 13.13% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for CENT at 13.13% in Q4 2025, 25.35% in Q3 2025, and 26.19% in Q2 2025.