Growth Metrics

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

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.07% through Dec 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.07% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.07% in Q4 2025 for Central Garden & Pet, down from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.05% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.07% across 5 years, with a median of 0.07% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: grew 3bps in 2021 and later decreased -2bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.08% in 2021, then dropped by -13bps to 0.07% in 2022, then dropped by -10bps to 0.06% in 2023, then fell by -11bps to 0.06% in 2024, then grew by 14bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for CENT at 0.07% in Q4 2025, 0.07% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q2 2025.