Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) posted Retained Earnings of $1.18 billion for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 14.7% from $1.02 billion a year earlier and up 8.2% from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Central Garden & Pet's Retained Earnings came in at $1.02 billion, up 5.8% from FY2024.
- Annual Retained Earnings has increased for 12 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Central Garden & Pet's Retained Earnings was $959.51 million in FY2024 (+11.7%), $859.37 million in FY2023 (+13.8%), $755.25 million in FY2022 (+16.9%) and $646.08 million in FY2021 (+26.5%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last 48 quarters, with growth averaging 8.6% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 2.4% in fiscal Q3 2025 to 26.5% in fiscal Q4 2021.
- According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings for the three prior fiscal quarters was $1.09 billion (Q2 2026), $1.01 billion (Q1 2026) and $1.02 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 37.23 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 5.81 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -9.29 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 20.58 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 103.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 4.84 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 7.43 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | -1.18 Bn |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 1.18 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.18 Bn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 1.09 Bn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 1.01 Bn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 1.02 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 1.02 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 969.72 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 936.34 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 959.51 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.00 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 920.80 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 858.82 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 859.37 Mn |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 858.22 Mn |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 786.78 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 740.55 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 755.25 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 771.34 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 712.68 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 650.03 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 646.08 Mn |
Central Garden & Pet Retained 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=retained-earnings&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-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=retained-earnings&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();