Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's (CENT) Price to Earnings stood at 13.85 in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 5.2% from 13.16 a year earlier and up 25.2% from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Central Garden & Pet's Price to Earnings came in at 10.53, down 43.0% from FY2024.
- Across earlier fiscal years, Price to Earnings came in at 18.48 in FY2024 (+2.5%), 18.02 in FY2023 (+39.8%), 12.89 in FY2022 (-20.6%) and 16.23 in FY2021 (-2.0%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Price to Earnings since fiscal Q2 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 15.4%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Price to Earnings in the last five years was growth of 39.8% in fiscal Q4 2023, against a decline of 43.0% in fiscal Q4 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 11.06 (Q2 2026), 10.71 (Q1 2026) and 10.53 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 129.94 Bn | 105.31 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.72 Bn | 67.04 Bn | 3.99 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.21 Bn | 28.45 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.65 Bn | 13.18 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 16.93 Bn | 14.59 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.38 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 11.89 Bn | 11.54 Bn | 794.90 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.00 Bn | 7.68 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.12 Bn | 4.40 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 2.01 Bn | -1.24 Bn | 316.92 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 13.85 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 11.06 |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 10.71 |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 10.53 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 13.16 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.35 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 17.11 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 18.48 |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 14.53 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 15.78 |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 19.08 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.02 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 16.04 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 17.99 |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 14.44 |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 12.89 |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 15.12 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 15.45 |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 17.39 |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 16.23 |
API Access
Central Garden & Pet Price to Earnings 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=price-to-earnings&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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=price-to-earnings&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();