Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Operating Margin was 14.26% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.20 percentage points from 14.06% a year earlier and up 1.69 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Central Garden & Pet's Operating Margin was 8.10% through Jun 27, 2026, up 0.92 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at 7.99%, up 2.20 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +0.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Margin was 5.79% in FY2024 (-0.57 pp), 6.36% in FY2023 (-1.43 pp), 7.79% in FY2022 (+0.09 pp) and 7.70% in FY2021 (+0.36 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.50 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 3.90 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 6.09 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CENT's Operating Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 12.57% (Q2 2026), 2.68% (Q1 2026) and -0.94% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 20.80% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 23.06% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -102.70% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 14.43% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 23.05% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 14.27% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.75% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.76% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 14.26% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 14.26% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 12.57% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.68% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -0.94% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 14.06% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.20% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 4.26% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -4.84% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 11.64% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 10.38% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.25% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 12.00% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 8.59% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 0.06% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 1.82% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 11.23% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 11.20% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 3.96% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 1.30% |
Central Garden & Pet Operating Margin 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=operating-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "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=operating-margin&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();