Central Garden & Pet Company
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

20252025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
12.5214.6213.3512.8611.69
Price/Sales ratio
0.560.570.550.530.51
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$2.97$2.54$2.78$2.89$3.18

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2024)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
19.4821.8519.3811.8014.1713.2412.9810.3114.7122.3016.3214.17
Price/Sales ratio
0.370.530.740.650.550.590.590.460.550.750.660.55
Price/Book Value ratio
1.231.752.401.531.321.481.611.171.271.541.661.32
Price/Cash Flow ratio
7.126.4213.3612.786.416.047.85-46.104.846.09-451.096.04
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
9.527.8521.9319.137.587.2211.55-10.515.646.84227.747.58
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.070.570.260.22-0.440.350.495.79-0.82-0.7346.39-0.44
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
29.56%30.23%30.80%30.48%29.54%29.55%29.38%29.72%28.60%29.48%29.22%29.55%
Operating Profit Margin
5.53%7.07%7.59%7.55%4.65%5.28%7.70%7.78%6.36%5.79%7.08%4.65%
Pretax Profit Margin
3.12%3.80%6.15%5.75%5.00%5.70%5.89%5.95%4.90%4.40%5.48%5.00%
Net Profit Margin
1.93%2.43%3.83%5.57%3.89%4.47%4.59%4.55%3.79%3.37%4.07%3.89%
Effective Tax Rate
35.95%34.54%36.93%2.59%22.30%20.95%21.57%23.24%22.37%23.46%25.75%22.30%
Return on Assets
2.81%3.67%6.03%6.48%4.58%5.15%4.86%4.63%3.71%3.08%4.24%5.15%
Return On Equity
6.32%8.04%12.40%12.97%9.31%11.20%12.41%11.40%8.65%6.94%10.16%9.31%
Return on Capital Employed
9.54%12.80%14.36%9.87%6.35%7.49%9.80%9.23%7.21%6.22%8.51%6.35%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
3.693.373.105.714.693.46N/AN/AN/AN/A3.573.46
Quick Ratio
1.791.741.363.703.012.461.641.321.892.190.982.46
Cash ratio
0.260.450.142.261.781.480.810.381.061.460.201.48
Days of Sales Outstanding
45.8540.1442.2545.4545.9753.0542.5741.1936.7037.2036.3553.05
Days of Inventory outstanding
105.46103.5598.10101.40101.3484.49107.21145.92129.45122.58159.84101.34
Operating Cycle
151.32143.69140.36146.85147.32137.54149.79187.11166.16159.79168.81147.32
Days of Payables Outstanding
27.9029.2926.5126.1332.4439.4438.4133.5529.4834.3830.2939.44
Cash Conversion Cycle
123.41114.39113.84120.72114.8798.10111.37153.56136.68125.4045.4698.10
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.350.320.300.360.340.310.390.370.350.400.580.34
Debt Equity Ratio
0.790.710.620.720.690.671.000.920.810.911.390.69
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.440.410.380.420.410.390.490.470.450.460.520.41
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.440.410.380.420.410.400.500.480.450.470.530.41
Interest Coverage Ratio
2.283.015.534.263.564.95N/AN/AN/AN/A4.023.56
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.210.380.280.160.290.360.20-0.020.320.27-0.000.36
Company Equity Multiplier
2.242.192.052.002.032.172.542.462.322.242.392.03
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.050.080.050.050.080.090.07-0.010.110.12-0.000.09
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.740.810.600.660.840.830.674.380.850.89-1.980.83
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.210.380.280.160.290.360.20-0.020.320.27-0.000.36
Short Term Coverage Ratio
300.51327.05304.82935.341.81K7.865.99-0.701.54K6.86-0.097.86
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A