Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) recorded EBT Margin of 13.55% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.30 percentage points from 13.25% a year earlier and up 2.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Central Garden & Pet's EBT Margin came in at 7.11% as of Jun 27, 2026, up 1.16 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at 6.93%, up 2.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBT Margin has a five-year change of +1.22 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, EBT Margin came in at 4.45% in FY2024 (-0.46 pp), 4.91% in FY2023 (-1.05 pp), 5.96% in FY2022 (+0.06 pp) and 5.90% in FY2021 (+0.19 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly EBT Margin in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBT Margin rose in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.61 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for EBT Margin in the last five years was a gain of 4.68 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2025, against a drop of 6.67 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 11.53% (Q2 2026), 1.45% (Q1 2026) and -2.04% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 13.55% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 11.53% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 1.45% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -2.04% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 13.25% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.16% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 2.83% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -6.72% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 10.63% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 9.09% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -0.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.05% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 10.80% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 7.03% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | -1.86% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | -0.49% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 9.75% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 9.62% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 1.75% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | -0.87% |
Central Garden & Pet EBT Margin API
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