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

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.01 for Q4 2025, up 21.75% on a YoY basis from 0.01 in Q4 2024, and up 21.75% sequentially from 0.02 in Q4 2024.

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

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has 12 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.01 in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 21.75% year-over-year to 0.01; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0 (down 1.16% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.0, up 78.63% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.01 in Q4 2025, 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.
  • A 4-year average of 0.01 and a median of 0.0 in 2021 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 153.89% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 101.62% in 2021.
  • Tracing CENT's FCF Payout Ratio over 4 years: stood at 0.01 in 2021, then slumped by 63.02% to 0.01 in 2023, then sank by 59.49% to 0.02 in 2024, then advanced by 21.75% to 0.01 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows CENT's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.01 in Q4 2025, 0.02 in Q4 2024, and 0.0 in Q3 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.62
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.57
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 2.98
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.41
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn -
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn -
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 0.26
10 Central Garden & Pet 2.64 Bn 2.62 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
Mar 28, 2015 -0.01
Mar 29, 2014 -0.01