Central Garden & Pet (CENT) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's FCF Margin came in at 35.68% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 9.50 percentage points from 26.19% a year earlier and up 42.32 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 27, 2026, Central Garden & Pet reported FCF Margin of 11.21%, up 1.20 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was 9.30%, down 1.69 percentage points from FY2024.
- FCF Margin carries a five-year change of +1.10 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, FCF Margin was 10.99% in FY2024 (+1.09 pp), 9.90% in FY2023 (+14.37 pp), -4.47% in FY2022 (-9.63 pp) and 5.16% in FY2021 (-3.05 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly FCF Margin in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- Year-over-year, FCF Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.44 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in FCF Margin over five years came in fiscal Q2 2023 (a gain of 19.09 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2021 (a drop of 16.91 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CENT's FCF Margin at -6.63% (Q2 2026), -13.13% (Q1 2026) and 25.35% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 5.48% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 11.82% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 14.26% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 4.72% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 15.20% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 17.41% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.82% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.69% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 35.68% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 35.68% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | -6.63% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | -13.13% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 25.35% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 26.19% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | -6.90% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -11.41% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 28.84% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 27.35% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -3.76% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -12.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.79% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 30.69% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | -5.09% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | -12.90% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 4.48% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 16.40% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | -24.19% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | -17.64% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 6.62% |
Central Garden & Pet FCF Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();