Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet's Free Cash Flow was $314.87 million in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 25.1% from $251.66 million a year earlier.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Central Garden & Pet's Free Cash Flow was $345.63 million through Jun 27, 2026, up 10.7% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was $291.09 million, down 17.2% from FY2024.
- Free Cash Flow shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Free Cash Flow was $351.76 million in FY2024 (+7.4%), $327.67 million in FY2023, -$149.24 million in FY2022 and $170.51 million in FY2021 (-22.9%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Free Cash Flow in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- Compared with a year earlier, Free Cash Flow was higher in two of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 10.9%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow over five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (growth of 344.4%); the worst was fiscal Q4 2021 (a decline of 69.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, CENTA's Free Cash Flow in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was -$60.09 million (Q2 2026), -$81.03 million (Q1 2026) and $171.89 million (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 314.87 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | -60.09 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | -81.03 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 171.89 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 251.66 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | -57.52 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -74.93 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 193.05 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 272.49 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -33.87 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -79.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 140.95 Mn |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 314.02 Mn |
| Mar 25, 2023 | -46.30 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2022 | -81.00 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 31.72 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 166.55 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | -230.83 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2021 | -116.67 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 48.94 Mn |
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Central Garden & Pet Free Cash Flow 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=free-cash-flow&ticker=CENTA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "ticker": "CENTA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=CENTA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();