Growth Metrics

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Central Garden & Pet's Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.07%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.07%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.07% at Central Garden & Pet, down from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.1% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.05% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.07% (2025), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital rose 3bps in 2021 before it dropped -2bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then fell by -13bps to 0.07% in 2022, then fell by -10bps to 0.06% in 2023, then dropped by -11bps to 0.06% in 2024, then rose by 14bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CENT's Return on Invested Capital are 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).