Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Interest Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) posted Interest Expenses of $14.28 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 0.6% from $14.36 million a year earlier but up 1.5% from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Interest Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 27, 2026, Interest Expenses at Central Garden & Pet was $57.22 million, down 0.4% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was $57.7 million, up 0.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Interest Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Central Garden & Pet's Interest Expenses was $57.53 million in FY2024 (+0.9%), $57.03 million in FY2023 (-2.1%), $58.25 million in FY2022 (-0.6%) and $58.6 million in FY2021 (+33.1%).
- Quarterly Interest Expenses has run from a low of $13.14 million in fiscal Q4 2023 to a high of $14.88 million in fiscal Q2 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest Expenses increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.7%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with growth of 44.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2022, with a decline of 30.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Interest Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $14.07 million (Q2 2026), $14.51 million (Q1 2026) and $14.36 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Int Expense (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -31.00 Mn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | - |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 62.70 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 19.64 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 14.28 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 14.28 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 14.07 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 14.51 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 14.36 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 14.36 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.51 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 14.47 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 14.12 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 14.72 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 14.38 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 14.32 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.14 Mn |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 14.54 Mn |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 14.88 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 14.47 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 14.62 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 14.42 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 14.73 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 14.48 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 14.27 Mn |
Central Garden & Pet Interest Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expenses&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-expenses", "ticker": "CENT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expenses&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();