Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 7.80% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.53 percentage points from 7.27% a year earlier but down 0.59 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Central Garden & Pet came in at 8.20%, up 1.91 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -3.17 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 6.28% in FY2024 (-1.05 pp), 7.33% in FY2023 (-2.18 pp), 9.51% in FY2022 (-2.02 pp) and 11.54% in FY2021 (+0.17 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has moved between 6.05% (fiscal Q4 2024) and 9.80% (fiscal Q4 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.24 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 2.01 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2022 (a drop of 2.78 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CENT's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 8.39% (Q2 2026), 7.80% (Q1 2026) and 8.06% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 129.94 Bn | 105.31 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.72 Bn | 67.04 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 8.97% |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.21 Bn | 28.45 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 20.49% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.65 Bn | 13.18 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.62% |
| 5 | General Mills | 16.93 Bn | 14.59 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.38 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 11.89 Bn | 11.54 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.00 Bn | 7.68 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.12 Bn | 4.40 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 2.01 Bn | -1.24 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 7.80% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 7.80% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 8.39% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 7.80% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 8.06% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 7.27% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.86% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 6.83% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 6.05% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 7.44% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 8.00% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 7.52% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.16% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 7.41% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 7.30% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 8.27% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 9.13% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 9.07% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 9.61% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 9.74% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 9.80% |
API Access
Central Garden & Pet Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();