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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet's Operating Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 2.68% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 159.0% to 2.68% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 7.72%, a 136.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 7.99%, up 220.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 2.68% in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, up from 0.94% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CENT hit a ceiling of 14.06% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 4.84% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 6.16% across 5 years, with a median of 6.42% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -609bps in 2024 and later soared 390bps in 2025.
  • Tracing CENT's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 3.96% in 2021, then plummeted by -98bps to 0.06% in 2022, then surged by 1950bps to 1.33% in 2023, then soared by 222bps to 4.26% in 2024, then tumbled by -37bps to 2.68% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for CENT at 2.68% in Q4 2025, 0.94% in Q3 2025, and 14.06% in Q2 2025.