Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 7.80% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.53 percentage points from 7.27% a year earlier but down 0.59 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Central Garden & Pet reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.20%, up 1.91 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of -3.17 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 6.28% in FY2024 (-1.05 pp), 7.33% in FY2023 (-2.18 pp), 9.51% in FY2022 (-2.02 pp) and 11.54% in FY2021 (+0.17 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has ranged from 6.05% in fiscal Q4 2024 to 9.80% in fiscal Q4 2021 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.24 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 2.01 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2025, against a drop of 2.78 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 8.39% (Q2 2026), 7.80% (Q1 2026) and 8.06% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 7.80% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 8.39% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 7.80% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 8.06% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 7.27% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.86% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 6.83% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 6.05% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 7.44% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 8.00% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 7.52% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.16% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 7.41% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 7.30% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 8.27% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 9.13% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 9.07% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 9.61% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 9.74% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 9.80% |
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Central Garden & Pet Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CENTA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CENTA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();