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Central Garden & Pet Company CENTA

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$3.1B
▼ 2.2% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
10.4%
Net margin · FY25
5.2%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 3.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
12343.10.22009201220152018202120242025
12343.10.22016201920222025

5 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
0.40.81.22009201220152018202120242025
0.40.81.22016201920222025

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
10.4%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
48121610.4%2009201220152018202120242025
48121610.4%2016201920222025
Operating margin8.0%
Net margin5.2%
Return on assets4.5%

Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 155.1M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacksUSD 155.1M
Share of profit95.2%
Consecutive raises

USD 155.1M in buybacks — 95% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+3.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−2.1%
+3.0%
+6.6%
+4.9%
Net income
+2.3%
+6.2%
+17.7%
+8.8%
EPS, diluted
+4.4%
+3.0%
+14.8%
+9.0%
Returned to shareholders
+35.5%
+21.3%
+23.8%
+5.9%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 3.6B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 3.6B
EquityUSD 1.6B
CashUSD 882.5M
Gross debtUSD 1.2B
Net debtUSD 309.2M
Current ratio3.67×

Net debt stands at 20% of equity.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.3
2.7
2.4
2.2
2.1
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.6
Operating income $B
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
EBITDA $B
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
Income tax $B
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
EPS, diluted $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
ROE %
10.4
7.2
9.0
11.9
13.2
11.6
9.5
15.6
13.3
8.4
6.5
1.8
−0.4
4.6
5.7
8.6
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Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
66 of 66
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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