Central Garden & Pet (CENT) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.01 for Q4 2025, up 21.75% sequentially from 0.02 in Q4 2024, and up 21.75% YoY from 0.01 in Q4 2024.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Central Garden & Pet has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.01 in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 21.75% year-over-year to 0.01 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0 (down 1.16% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0, up 78.63% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.01 in Q4 2025 per CENT's latest filing, from 0.02 in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.0 in Q3 2021 and troughed at 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.
- The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 153.89% in 2021, down 101.62% in 2021.
- Over 4 years, 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 increased by 21.75% to 0.01 in 2025.
- According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.01, 0.02, and 0.0 for Q4 2025, Q4 2024, and Q3 2024 respectively.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.37 Bn | 27.69 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 0.53 |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.49 Bn | 21.03 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 0.89 |
| 3 | Mccormick | 14.93 Bn | 14.60 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 0.41 |
| 4 | Jbs | 14.80 Bn | 11.34 Bn | 4.91 Bn | -0.93 |
| 5 | J M Smucker | 13.21 Bn | 13.15 Bn | 862.10 Mn | 0.24 |
| 6 | Hormel Foods | 13.14 Bn | 12.28 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 1.66 |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.22 Bn | 11.50 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.40 Bn | 10.24 Bn | 503.37 Mn | - |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.75 Bn | 7.40 Bn | 478.00 Mn | - |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 2.72 Bn | 1.73 Bn | 316.92 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |