CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 31.9 % and a net margin of 5.2 %.
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 31.9 % and a net margin of 5.2 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 10.7 % and an EBIT margin of 8.0 %. The free cash flow margin was 9.3 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved +2.4 pp and the net margin +1.8 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 28.1 % in 2013 and 33.8 % in 2010. The series covers 17 fiscal years, from 2009 to 2025. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: September
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | 32.67 % | 33.81 % | 30.33 % | 30.24 % | 28.05 % | 28.30 % | 29.57 % | 30.24 % | 30.80 % | 30.49 % | 29.54 % | 29.55 % | 29.39 % | 29.72 % | 28.60 % | 29.49 % | 31.87 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | 9.61 % | 9.05 % | 6.98 % | 6.17 % | 4.42 % | 5.73 % | 7.58 % | 9.26 % | 9.68 % | 9.68 % | 8.51 % | 9.40 % | 9.97 % | 10.21 % | 9.01 % | 8.63 % | 10.70 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | 7.80 % | 7.16 % | 5.23 % | 4.38 % | 2.43 % | 3.50 % | 5.54 % | 7.07 % | 7.60 % | 7.55 % | 6.38 % | 7.34 % | 7.70 % | 7.79 % | 6.36 % | 5.79 % | 7.99 % |
| Net margin (%) | 4.09 % | 3.01 % | 1.74 % | 1.25 % | -0.12 % | 0.55 % | 1.94 % | 2.43 % | 3.84 % | 5.58 % | 3.89 % | 4.48 % | 4.59 % | 4.56 % | 3.80 % | 3.37 % | 5.20 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 12.71 % | 7.29 % | 1.19 % | 2.92 % | -3.23 % | 6.81 % | 3.96 % | 6.77 % | 3.39 % | 3.44 % | 7.28 % | 8.21 % | 5.16 % | -4.47 % | 9.90 % | 10.99 % | 9.30 % |
