Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Tax Rate was 24.75% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 0.33 percentage points from 25.08% a year earlier but up 1.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Central Garden & Pet's Tax Rate was 24.09% through Jun 27, 2026, down 0.48 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was 24.35%, up 1.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +3.40 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 23.25% in FY2024 (+0.87 pp), 22.38% in FY2023 (-0.87 pp), 23.24% in FY2022 (+1.67 pp) and 21.58% in FY2021 (+0.62 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between 20.70% (fiscal Q1 2022) and 817.41% (fiscal Q4 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -132.04 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (a gain of 785.96 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 793.82 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CENT's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 23.47% (Q2 2026), 23.35% (Q1 2026) and 24.69% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 19.17% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 22.20% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 24.46% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 24.21% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 28.84% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 42.30% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 28.06% |
| 10 | Central Garden & Pet | 1.99 Bn | -1.26 Bn | 316.92 Mn | 24.75% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 24.75% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 23.47% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 23.35% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 25.08% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 23.50% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 23.53% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 24.04% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 23.39% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 24.42% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 23.88% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 23.67% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 23.41% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 20.70% |
| Jun 26, 2021 | 22.52% |
| Mar 27, 2021 | 22.66% |
| Dec 26, 2020 | 19.66% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 6.90% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 22.64% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 22.67% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 22.76% |
Central Garden & Pet Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=CENT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();