Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Central Garden & Pet's (CENTA) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $185.6 million in Q1 2026, up 3.26% year-on-year from $179.8 million in Q1 2025, and up 6.64% quarter-over-quarter from $174.1 million in Q4 2025.

Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Central Garden & Pet has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $185.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $185.6 million, up 3.26% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $759.5 million (up 1.28% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $747.3 million, down 1.46% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $185.6 million for Q1 2026 at Central Garden & Pet, up from $174.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $202.9 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $167.7 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $185.6 million (2026), against an average of $186.0 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 7.24% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 8.06% in 2022.
  • Central Garden & Pet's Operating Expenses stood at $171.3 million in 2022, then slipped by 0.5% to $170.4 million in 2023, then dropped by 1.6% to $167.7 million in 2024, then rose by 3.8% to $174.1 million in 2025, then climbed by 6.64% to $185.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $185.6 million (Q1 2026), $174.1 million (Q4 2025), and $202.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (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 1.07 Bn
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 837.30 Mn
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -1.84 Bn
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 318.62 Mn
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 456.30 Mn
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 368.20 Mn
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 180.00 Mn
10 Central Garden & Pet - - 299.56 Mn 185.63 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 28, 2026 185.63 Mn
Dec 27, 2025 174.08 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 202.94 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 196.88 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 179.76 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 167.71 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 201.36 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 201.12 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 185.43 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 170.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 188.08 Mn
Jun 24, 2023 195.22 Mn
Mar 25, 2023 181.60 Mn
Dec 24, 2022 171.29 Mn
Sep 24, 2022 186.79 Mn
Jun 25, 2022 193.55 Mn
Mar 26, 2022 179.95 Mn
Dec 25, 2021 171.98 Mn
Sep 25, 2021 203.17 Mn
Jun 26, 2021 207.07 Mn