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

Central Garden & Pet's Free Cash Flow history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at -$81.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 8.14% year-over-year to -$81.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $285.0 million, down 28.38%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $291.1 million, 25.92% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$81.0 million at Central Garden & Pet, down from $171.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $314.0 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$230.8 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $44.6 million (2021), against an average of $61.8 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow tumbled 129.77% in 2021 before it surged 88.54% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$116.7 million in 2021, then surged by 30.57% to -$81.0 million in 2022, then grew by 1.34% to -$79.9 million in 2023, then grew by 6.23% to -$74.9 million in 2024, then decreased by 8.14% to -$81.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CENT's Free Cash Flow are -$81.0 million (Q4 2025), $171.9 million (Q3 2025), and $251.7 million (Q2 2025).