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CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO CENT

Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods · CIK 0000887733 · Fiscal year ends 0927

Revenue
$3.13B
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-27
Operating income
$250.04M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-27
Free cash flow
$291.09M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-27

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT) reported revenue of $3.13B and net income of $162.84M for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-27. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods.

Income

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-09-242021-09-252020-09-262019-09-282018-09-292017-09-302016-09-24
Revenue$3.13B$3.20B$3.31B$3.34B$3.30B$2.70B$2.38B$2.22B$2.05B$1.83B
Cost of revenue$2.13B$2.26B$2.36B$2.35B$2.33B$1.90B$1.68B$1.54B$1.42B$1.28B
Gross profit$997.34M$943.74M$946.84M$992.30M$970.90M$796.56M$704.04M$675.38M$632.81M$553.05M
Operating income$250.04M$185.39M$210.65M$260.04M$254.50M$197.98M$152.07M$167.34M$156.11M$129.36M
Net income$162.84M$107.98M$125.64M$152.15M$151.75M$120.68M$92.79M$123.59M$78.83M$44.51M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 63.82Mshares 66.86Mshares 66.78Mshares 68.03Mshares 55.25Mshares 54.74Mshares 57.61Mshares 53.34Mshares 51.82Mshares 51.08M
Pretax income$216.75M$142.42M$162.44M$198.91M$194.81M$153.74M$119.25M$127.42M$126.43M$69.64M
Income tax expense$52.79M$33.11M$36.35M$46.23M$42.04M$32.22M$26.60M$3.30M$46.70M$24.05M
Diluted EPS$2.55$1.62$1.88$2.24$2.75$2.20$1.61$2.32$1.52$0.87
Selling, general & administrative$747.29M$758.35M$736.20M$732.27M$716.40M$598.58M$551.97M$508.04M$476.70M$421.86M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-09-242021-09-252020-09-262019-09-282018-09-292017-09-302016-09-24
Cash & equivalents$882.49M$753.55M$488.73M$177.44M$426.42M$652.71M$497.75M$482.11M$32.40M$92.98M
Total assets$3.63B$3.55B$3.38B$3.28B$3.12B$2.34B$2.03B$1.91B$1.31B$1.18B
Current assets$1.98B$1.89B$1.71B$1.55B$1.54B$1.53B$1.31B$1.22B$683.06M$683.30M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$538.76M$515.38M$457.99M$465.89M$522.32M$440.26M$278.52M$212.96M$220.21M$202.22M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.58B$1.56B$1.45B$1.33B$1.22B$1.08B$996.18M$952.83M$637.14M$554.59M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$722.11M$757.94M$838.19M$938.00M$685.24M$439.62M$466.20M$427.82M$382.10M$362.00M
Accounts receivable$325.30M$326.22M$332.89M$376.79M$385.38M$391.77M$300.14M$275.91M$237.87M$201.15M
Goodwill$554.69M$551.36M$546.44M$546.44M$369.39M$289.96M$286.08M$281.18M$256.28M$231.38M
Long-term debt$1.19B$1.19B$1.19B$1.19B$1.18B$693.96M$693.04M$692.03M$395.28M$394.81M
Accounts payable$234.62M$212.61M$190.90M$215.68M$245.54M$205.23M$149.25M$110.26M$103.28M$102.41M

Cash flow

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-09-242021-09-252020-09-262019-09-282018-09-292017-09-302016-09-24
Operating cash flow$332.51M$394.89M$381.63M-$34.03M$250.84M$264.27M$204.97M$114.11M$114.31M$151.43M
Capital expenditures$41.42M$43.14M$53.97M$115.20M$80.33M$43.06M$31.58M$37.84M$44.66M$27.62M
Investing cash flow-$44.89M-$105.19M-$34.58M-$142.98M-$899.36M-$48.11M-$76.26M-$140.88M-$162.84M-$91.20M
Financing cash flow-$156.64M-$25.44M-$37.55M-$66.82M$420.48M-$60.56M-$110.76M$474.78M-$10.39M-$14.16M
Net change in cash$130.03M$265.53M$310.69M-$247.34M-$226.88M$155.70M$17.70M$447.96M-$58.85M$45.40M
Stock-based compensation$21.06M$20.58M$27.99M$25.82M$23.13M$18.98M$14.66M$11.60M$11.12M$8.36M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$155.07M$24.08M$37.16M$62.29M$27.89M$59.13M$62.97M$13.80M$27.56M$10.87M
Depreciation & amortization$84.89M$90.81M$87.70M$80.95M$74.73M$55.36M$50.83M$47.20M$42.72M$40.00M

Derived

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-09-242021-09-252020-09-262019-09-282018-09-292017-09-302016-09-24
Free cash flow$291.09M$351.76M$327.67M-$149.24M$170.51M$221.22M$173.40M$76.27M$69.65M$123.80M
Gross margin31.9%29.5%28.6%29.7%29.4%29.6%29.5%30.5%30.8%30.2%
Operating margin8.0%5.8%6.4%7.8%7.7%7.3%6.4%7.6%7.6%7.1%
FCF margin9.3%11.0%9.9%-4.5%5.2%8.2%7.3%3.4%3.4%6.8%
SBC / revenue0.7%0.6%0.8%0.8%0.7%0.7%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.5%
Current ratio3.67x3.66x3.73x3.34x2.96x3.46x4.69x5.72x3.10x3.38x
Revenue YoY growth-2.2%-3.3%-0.9%1.1%22.6%13.1%7.6%7.8%12.3%Unavailable
Net margin5.2%3.4%3.8%4.6%4.6%4.5%3.9%5.6%3.8%2.4%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue1.3%1.3%1.6%3.5%2.4%1.6%1.3%1.7%2.2%1.5%
Long-term debt / equity0.75xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate24.4%23.2%22.4%23.2%21.6%21.0%22.3%2.6%36.9%34.5%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CENT in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-02-05View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-11-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-08View SEC filing

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