Growth Metrics

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

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has disclosed Gross Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 30.87% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 106.0% to 30.87% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 32.11% through Dec 2025, up 230.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 31.87% for FY2025, 239.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 30.87% in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, up from 28.98% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 34.55% in Q2 2025 to a low of 25.24% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 29.69% across 5 years, with a median of 29.89% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -261bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 375bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 29.97% in 2021, then decreased by -9bps to 27.35% in 2022, then rose by 3bps to 28.19% in 2023, then increased by 6bps to 29.81% in 2024, then grew by 4bps to 30.87% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for CENT at 30.87% in Q4 2025, 28.98% in Q3 2025, and 34.55% in Q2 2025.