Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Invested Capital was $2.94 billion in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 5.7% from $2.78 billion a year earlier and up 3.3% from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Invested Capital at Central Garden & Pet came in at $2.78 billion, up 1.1% from FY2024.
- Invested Capital has now increased for ten consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Invested Capital was $2.75 billion in FY2024 (+4.0%), $2.64 billion in FY2023 (+4.7%), $2.52 billion in FY2022 (+4.6%) and $2.41 billion in FY2021 (+36.0%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Invested Capital in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- Compared with a year earlier, Invested Capital has increased for four straight quarters, with growth averaging 2.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Invested Capital over five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (growth of 36.0%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 0.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, CENT's Invested Capital in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was $2.84 billion (Q2 2026), $2.77 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.78 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Invested Cap. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | 58.60 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 48.14 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 10.17 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 55.12 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 21.08 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 12.49 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 12.51 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 10.71 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 962.20 Mn |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 2.94 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.94 Bn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 2.84 Bn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.77 Bn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 2.78 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 2.78 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.73 Bn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 2.71 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 2.75 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 2.79 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 2.70 Bn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 2.64 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.64 Bn |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 2.63 Bn |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 2.58 Bn |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 2.51 Bn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 2.52 Bn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 2.54 Bn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 2.48 Bn |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 2.41 Bn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 2.41 Bn |
API Access
Central Garden & Pet Invested Capital 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=invested-capital&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "invested-capital", "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=invested-capital&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();