Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Inventory (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Inventory came in at $631.65 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 12.1% from $718.27 million a year earlier and down 19.3% from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Inventory (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Central Garden & Pet's Inventory was $722.11 million, down 4.7% from FY2024.
- Inventory has declined in each of the last three fiscal years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Inventory was $757.94 million in FY2024 (-9.6%), $838.19 million in FY2023 (-10.6%), $938 million in FY2022 (+36.9%) and $685.24 million in FY2021 (+55.9%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Inventory since fiscal Q3 2021.
- Year-over-year, Inventory increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 7.7%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Inventory over five years came in fiscal Q4 2021 (growth of 55.9%), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2025 (a decline of 14.0%).
- Business Quant data shows CENT's Inventory at $782.33 million (Q2 2026), $836.27 million (Q1 2026) and $722.11 million (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Inventory (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | 5.26 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 4.41 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.74 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 3.31 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 2.16 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.19 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | - |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 1.80 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 924.70 Mn |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 631.65 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 631.65 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 782.33 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 836.27 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 722.11 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 718.27 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 824.28 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 815.78 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 757.94 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 784.78 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 914.35 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 948.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 838.19 Mn |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 865.50 Mn |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 966.90 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 1.02 Bn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 938.00 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 882.52 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 888.05 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 844.90 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 685.24 Mn |
API Access
Central Garden & Pet Inventory 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=inventory&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "inventory", "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=inventory&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();