Central Garden & Pet Company CENT Ratios & Valuation
| Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 32.2%+2.0pp | 32.1%+2.3pp | 31.9%+2.4pp | 31.1%+1.4pp | 30.3%+0.8pp | |
| Operating margin | 8.4%— | 7.9%— | 8.2%— | —— | —— | |
| Net margin | 5.7%— | 5.4%— | 5.5%— | —— | —— | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 11.4%— | 10.7%— | 11%— | —— | —— | |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3%— | 8.1%— | 9%— | —— | —— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 3.4×+0.1× | 3.4×0.0× | 3.7×0.0× | 3.6×-0.1× | 3.3×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1×— | 2.1×— | 1.6×— | —— | —— | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $26.69+12.3% | $25.38+9.4% | $24.81+6.6% | $25.37+6.6% | $23.76+5.1% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.29B-4.7% | $2B-21.2% | $2.05B-16.5% | $2.25B-13.4% | $2.4B-20.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 12.6×— | 12.1×— | 11.9×— | —— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.8×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.3×-0.4× | 1.3×-0.3× | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.6×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.7×— | 8.2×— | 7.6×— | —— | —— |
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- What are Central Garden & Pet Company's profit margins?
- Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) runs a 32.2% gross margin and a 8.4% operating margin, with a 5.7% net margin.
- Where do Central Garden & Pet Company's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Central Garden & Pet Company's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
