Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) reported Gross Margin of 35.92% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 1.37 percentage points from 34.55% a year earlier and up 2.86 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Central Garden & Pet's Gross Margin came in at 32.54%, up 1.46 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was 31.87%, up 2.39 percentage points from FY2024.
- Gross Margin has a five-year change of +2.32 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Gross Margin came in at 29.49% in FY2024 (+0.88 pp), 28.60% in FY2023 (-1.12 pp), 29.72% in FY2022 (+0.33 pp) and 29.39% in FY2021 (-0.16 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Gross Margin in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- Year over year, Gross Margin has now increased in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.44 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Gross Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 3.74 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2023 (a drop of 2.61 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 33.06% (Q2 2026), 30.87% (Q1 2026) and 28.98% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 35.92% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 33.06% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 30.87% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 28.98% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 34.55% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 32.76% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 29.81% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 25.24% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 31.82% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 30.98% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 28.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 26.32% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 31.08% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 28.56% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 27.35% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 28.23% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 30.30% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 30.05% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 29.97% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 28.79% |
Central Garden & Pet Gross Margin API
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