Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet's (CENTA) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 11.53% in Q1 2026, up 137.0% year-on-year from 4.87% in Q1 2025, and up 695.68% quarter-over-quarter from 1.45% in Q4 2025.

Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed EBT Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 11.53% for Q1 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 11.53%, up 137.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.18% (up 197.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.93%, up 248.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin came in at 11.53% for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, up from 1.45% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 13.25% in Q2 2025 to a low of 6.72% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 7.03% (2023), against an average of 5.0%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin sank 667 bps in 2024 and surged 468 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Central Garden & Pet's EBT Margin stood at 1.86% in 2022, then jumped by 97 bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 6036 bps to 2.83% in 2024, then plunged by 49 bps to 1.45% in 2025, then surged by 696 bps to 11.53% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 11.53% (Q1 2026), 1.45% (Q4 2025), and 2.04% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn 16.70%
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 9.27%
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.93%
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 9.87%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn -27.87%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.50%
10 Central Garden & Pet - - 299.56 Mn 11.53%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Jun 26, 2021 9.55%