Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) reported EBIT Margin of 14.26% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.20 percentage points from 14.06% a year earlier and up 1.69 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Central Garden & Pet's EBIT Margin came in at 8.10%, up 0.92 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was 7.99%, up 2.20 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBIT Margin has a five-year change of +0.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, EBIT Margin came in at 5.79% in FY2024 (-0.57 pp), 6.36% in FY2023 (-1.43 pp), 7.79% in FY2022 (+0.09 pp) and 7.70% in FY2021 (+0.36 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBIT Margin in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- Year over year, EBIT Margin gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.50 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBIT Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 3.90 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 6.09 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 12.57% (Q2 2026), 2.68% (Q1 2026) and -0.94% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 14.26% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 12.57% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.68% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -0.94% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 14.06% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.20% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 4.26% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -4.84% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 11.64% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 10.38% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.25% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 12.00% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 8.59% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 0.06% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 1.82% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 11.23% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 11.20% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 3.96% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 1.30% |
Central Garden & Pet EBIT Margin API
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