Growth Metrics

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Central Garden & Pet's Gross Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 30.87% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 106.0% year-over-year to 30.87%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 32.11%, up 230.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 31.87%, 239.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 30.87% at Central Garden & Pet, up from 28.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 34.55% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 25.23% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 29.89% (2021), against an average of 29.69%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin crashed -261bps in 2022 before it soared 375bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 29.97% in 2021, then dropped by -9bps to 27.36% in 2022, then rose by 3bps to 28.19% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 29.81% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 30.87% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CENT's Gross Margin are 30.87% (Q4 2025), 28.98% (Q3 2025), and 34.55% (Q2 2025).