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

Central Garden & Pet's (CENTA) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 6.63% in Q1 2026, up 27.0% year-on-year from 5.22% in Q1 2025, and up 49.48% quarter-over-quarter from 13.13% in Q4 2025.

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

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed FCF Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 6.63% for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 6.63%, up 27.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.14% (down 41.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.53%, down 46.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 6.63% for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, up from 13.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 30.99% in Q3 2025 to a low of 24.19% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 3.76% (2024), against an average of 6.02%.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin slumped 1317 bps in 2022 and jumped 1909 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Central Garden & Pet's FCF Margin stood at 12.91% in 2022, then grew by 2 bps to 12.59% in 2023, then grew by 9 bps to 11.41% in 2024, then dropped by 15 bps to 13.13% in 2025, then jumped by 49 bps to 6.63% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 6.63% (Q1 2026), 13.13% (Q4 2025), and 30.99% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF 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 12.67%
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 6.66%
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.09%
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 0.98%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 20.82%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn -4.03%
10 Central Garden & Pet - - 299.56 Mn -6.63%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 -6.63%
Dec 27, 2025 -13.13%
Sep 27, 2025 30.99%
Jun 28, 2025 26.19%
Mar 29, 2025 -6.90%
Dec 28, 2024 -11.41%
Sep 28, 2024 28.84%
Jun 29, 2024 27.35%
Mar 30, 2024 -3.76%
Dec 30, 2023 -12.59%
Sep 30, 2023 18.79%
Jun 24, 2023 30.69%
Mar 25, 2023 -5.09%
Dec 24, 2022 -12.91%
Sep 24, 2022 19.63%
Jun 25, 2022 16.40%
Mar 26, 2022 -24.19%
Dec 25, 2021 -17.64%
Sep 25, 2021 16.66%
Jun 26, 2021 26.55%