Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 6.56% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 0.43 percentage points from 6.13% a year earlier but down 0.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Central Garden & Pet (CENTA) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Central Garden & Pet reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 6.85%, up 1.57 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -2.19 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 5.28% in FY2024 (-1.05 pp), 6.33% in FY2023 (-1.76 pp), 8.10% in FY2022 (-1.45 pp) and 9.55% in FY2021 (+0.50 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has ranged from 5.14% in fiscal Q4 2024 to 8.26% in fiscal Q4 2021 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.11 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 1.66 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2025, against a drop of 2.06 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 6.99% (Q2 2026), 6.51% (Q1 2026) and 6.81% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 6.56% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 6.99% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 6.51% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 6.81% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 6.13% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.73% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 5.73% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 5.14% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 6.48% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 6.83% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 6.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.20% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 6.23% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 6.17% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 7.14% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 7.89% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 7.93% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 8.16% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 8.25% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 8.26% |
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Central Garden & Pet Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CENTA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CENTA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();