Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's (CENT) quarterly Net Margin came in at 8.83% in Q1 2026, up 105.0% year-on-year from 4.31% in Q1 2025, and up 694.37% quarter-over-quarter from 1.11% in Q4 2025.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Central Garden & Pet has disclosed Net Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 8.83% for Q1 2026.
- Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 8.83%, up 105.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.43% (up 147.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.24%, up 182.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin came in at 8.83% for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, up from 1.11% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 9.93% in Q2 2025 to a low of 5.14% in Q3 2024.
- The 5-year median for Net Margin is 5.36% (2023), against an average of 3.84%.
- Across the five-year window, Net Margin tumbled 550 bps in 2024 and surged 360 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Central Garden & Pet's Net Margin stood at 1.41% in 2022, then surged by 106 bps to 0.09% in 2023, then soared by 2318 bps to 2.16% in 2024, then slumped by 49 bps to 1.11% in 2025, then surged by 694 bps to 8.83% in 2026.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 8.83% (Q1 2026), 1.11% (Q4 2025), and 1.54% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranovus Entertainment Technology | 75,216.52 Bn | 75,216.52 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Kraft Heinz | 26.76 Bn | 22.68 Bn | 2.22 Bn | 13.21% |
| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 6.71% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 5.29% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.70 Bn | 13.10 Bn | 708.90 Mn | -23.45% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -30.96% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 6.61% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 2.47 Bn | 1.81 Bn | 299.56 Mn | 8.83% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | 8.83% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 1.11% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -1.54% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 9.93% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.77% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 2.16% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -5.14% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 8.08% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 6.96% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 0.09% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.36% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 8.16% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 5.36% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | -1.41% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | -0.33% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 7.44% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 7.36% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 1.39% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | -0.44% |
| Jun 26, 2021 | 7.25% |