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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 16 consecutive years, with -$81.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 8.14% to -$81.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $285.0 million through Dec 2025, down 28.38% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $291.1 million for FY2025, 25.92% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit -$81.0 million in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, down from $171.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $314.0 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$230.8 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $59.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $44.6 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: crashed 129.77% in 2021 and later soared 88.54% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at -$116.7 million in 2021, then soared by 30.57% to -$81.0 million in 2022, then increased by 1.34% to -$79.9 million in 2023, then increased by 6.23% to -$74.9 million in 2024, then fell by 8.14% to -$81.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CENT at -$81.0 million in Q4 2025, $171.9 million in Q3 2025, and $251.7 million in Q2 2025.