Central Garden & Pet Co (CENTA) stock
CENTANasdaqWholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable GoodsFiscal year ends September 27Also trades as CENT
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 27, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 6, 2026Score 15/3021% below fair value
$39.12+0.33 (+0.85%)
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $2.16BP/E 12.9Yield –
Central Garden & Pet free cash flow
Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital expenditures: the cash available for dividends, buybacks, debt repayment or acquisitions.
Central Garden & Pet's free cash flow for the twelve months ending Jun 27, 2026 was $345.63M, up 10.7% year over year. For fiscal 2025 it was $291.09M, down 17.2% from the year before. Over ten years it grew 16.1% a year on average. The highest annual figure on record is $351.76M in fiscal 2024.
Annual free cash flow
| Period | Period end | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Sep 27, 2025 | $291.09M | -17.2% |
| FY2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | $351.76M | +7.4% |
| FY2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | $327.67M | – |
| FY2022 | Sep 24, 2022 | -$149.24M | -187.5% |
| FY2021 | Sep 25, 2021 | $170.51M | -22.9% |
| FY2020 | Sep 26, 2020 | $221.22M | +27.6% |
| FY2019 | Sep 28, 2019 | $173.40M | +127.4% |
| FY2018 | Sep 29, 2018 | $76.27M | +9.5% |
| FY2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | $69.65M | -43.7% |
| FY2016 | Sep 24, 2016 | $123.80M | +89.2% |
| FY2015 | Sep 26, 2015 | $65.42M | -40.1% |
| FY2014 | Sep 27, 2014 | $109.29M | – |
| FY2013 | Sep 28, 2013 | -$53.45M | -207.8% |
| FY2012 | Sep 29, 2012 | $49.58M | +155.0% |
| FY2011 | Sep 24, 2011 | $19.45M | -82.5% |
| FY2010 | Sep 25, 2010 | $111.04M | -45.9% |
| FY2009 | Sep 26, 2009 | $205.13M | – |
Quarterly free cash flow
Change is against the same quarter a year earlier.
| Period | Period end | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2026 | Jun 27, 2026 | $314.87M | +25.1% |
| Q2 FY2026 | Mar 28, 2026 | -$60.09M | – |
| Q1 FY2026 | Dec 27, 2025 | -$81.03M | – |
| Q4 FY2025 | Sep 27, 2025 | $171.89M | -11.0% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | $251.66M | -7.6% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | -$57.52M | – |
| Q1 FY2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | -$74.93M | – |
| Q4 FY2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | $193.05M | +37.0% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | $272.49M | -13.2% |
| Q2 FY2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | -$33.87M | – |
| Q1 FY2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | -$79.91M | – |
| Q4 FY2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | $140.95M | +344.4% |
| Q3 FY2023 | Jun 24, 2023 | $314.02M | +88.5% |
| Q2 FY2023 | Mar 25, 2023 | -$46.30M | – |
| Q1 FY2023 | Dec 24, 2022 | -$81.00M | – |
| Q4 FY2022 | Sep 24, 2022 | $31.72M | -35.2% |
| Q3 FY2022 | Jun 25, 2022 | $166.55M | -39.5% |
| Q2 FY2022 | Mar 26, 2022 | -$230.83M | – |
| Q1 FY2022 | Dec 25, 2021 | -$116.67M | – |
| Q4 FY2021 | Sep 25, 2021 | $48.94M | -69.2% |
| Q3 FY2021 | Jun 26, 2021 | $275.40M | +58.0% |
| Q2 FY2021 | Mar 27, 2021 | -$103.05M | – |
| Q1 FY2021 | Dec 26, 2020 | -$50.78M | – |
| Q4 FY2020 | Sep 26, 2020 | $159.09M | +56.8% |
| Q3 FY2020 | Jun 27, 2020 | $174.27M | +5.3% |
| Q2 FY2020 | Mar 28, 2020 | -$84.25M | – |
| Q1 FY2020 | Dec 28, 2019 | -$27.90M | – |
| Q4 FY2019 | Sep 28, 2019 | $101.48M | +18.7% |
| Q3 FY2019 | Jun 29, 2019 | $165.54M | +61.8% |
| Q2 FY2019 | Mar 30, 2019 | -$92.58M | – |
| Q1 FY2019 | Dec 29, 2018 | -$1.04M | – |
| Q4 FY2018 | Sep 29, 2018 | $85.51M | +33.4% |
| Q3 FY2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | $102.28M | -20.5% |
| Q2 FY2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | -$79.13M | – |
| Q1 FY2018 | Dec 30, 2017 | -$32.40M | – |
| Q4 FY2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | $64.09M | +19.3% |
| Q3 FY2017 | Jun 24, 2017 | $128.60M | – |
| Q2 FY2017 | Mar 25, 2017 | -$96.76M | – |
| Q1 FY2017 | Dec 24, 2016 | -$26.28M | – |
| Q4 FY2016 | Sep 24, 2016 | $53.71M | – |