Central Garden & Pet (CENT) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)

Central Garden & Pet's (CENT) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.01 in Q4 2025, up 21.75% year-on-year from 0.01 in Q4 2024, and up 21.75% quarter-over-quarter from 0.02 in Q4 2024.

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.01 for Q4 2025.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.01, up 21.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0 (down 12.04% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0, up 59.9% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.01 for Q4 2025 at Central Garden & Pet, up from 0.02 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.0 in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.02 in Q4 2024.
  • The 4-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.0 (2021), against an average of 0.01.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 106.2% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 101.62% in 2021.
  • Central Garden & Pet's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2021, then sank by 63.02% to 0.01 in 2023, then plunged by 59.49% to 0.02 in 2024, then climbed by 21.75% to 0.01 in 2025.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.01 (Q4 2025), 0.02 (Q4 2024), and 0.0 (Q3 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.62
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 3.34
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -0.02
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.89
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 7.01
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 0.24
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn -
10 Central Garden & Pet 2.47 Bn 1.81 Bn 299.56 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 27, 2025 -0.01
Dec 28, 2024 -0.02
Sep 28, 2024 0.00
Dec 30, 2023 -0.01
Dec 25, 2021 -0.01
Sep 25, 2021 0.00
Jun 26, 2021 0.00
Mar 27, 2021 0.00
Dec 26, 2020 -0.01
Sep 26, 2020 0.00
Jun 27, 2020 0.00
Mar 28, 2020 0.00
Sep 28, 2019 0.00
Jun 29, 2019 0.00
Dec 30, 2017 -0.05
Mar 25, 2017 0.00
Dec 24, 2016 -0.04
Dec 26, 2015 -0.10
Dec 27, 2014 0.14
Jun 28, 2014 0.01