Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 8.39% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 8.39%, up 153.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.39% (up 153.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.2%, up 191.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.39% for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, up from 7.8% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 9.61% in Q1 2022 to a low of 6.05% in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.52% (2023), against an average of 7.78%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 278 bps in 2022 and jumped 201 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Central Garden & Pet's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.27% in 2022, then declined by 9 bps to 7.52% in 2023, then dropped by 9 bps to 6.83% in 2024, then increased by 14 bps to 7.8% in 2025, then climbed by 8 bps to 8.39% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.39% (Q1 2026), 7.8% (Q4 2025), and 8.06% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.