CENT PEER ANALYSIS

Central Garden & Pet Company — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CENTCentral Garden & Pet Company

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Packaged Foods

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CENTIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CENT	MFI	PBH	A2M	GUNDG	TABGD	Ind. Median
P/E	15.88	7.32●	108.00	17.67	—	24.73	18.51
P/B	1.65●	2.93	1.91	4.00	84.31	2.54	1.59
EV/EBITDA	9.44	10.75	15.60	9.74	—	6.46●	10.83
P/S	0.86	0.91	0.56●	1.92	38.81	1.21	0.80

Financial Health
Metric	CENT	MFI	PBH	A2M	GUNDG	TABGD	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	3.45	1.34	1.28	2.96	8.18●	1.56	1.55
Debt/Equity	85.9%	91.8%	163.1%	2.4%●	4.7%	27.9%	48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.04	2.34	7.18	-1.80●	6.99	0.02	1.99

Profitability
Metric	CENT	MFI	PBH	A2M	GUNDG	TABGD	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.4%	12.4%●	0.5%	10.8%	-5.2%	4.9%	1.9%
ROE	10.7%	36.9%●	2.0%	22.7%	-12.4%	12.0%	3.4%
ROA	4.6%	13.4%	0.6%	16.8%●	-9.4%	7.4%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	11.6%	10.8%	6.7%	16.6%	-5.3%	18.8%●	10.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CENT	MFI	PBH	A2M	GUNDG	TABGD	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	0.2%	-13.2%	17.4%	13.4%	-31.4%	21.7%●	3.5%
NI Growth	39.2%	468.8%●	-65.4%	23.2%	—	-5.1%	-16.5%
Div. Yield	0.0%	2.9%	4.0%●	3.1%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%
Payout	0.0%	32.5%	374.3%	46.2%	0.0%	41.8%	0.0%

Valuation
Metric	CENT	CENTA	FRPT	FLO	BRBR	POST	Ind. Median
P/E	15.88	13.88	15.78	25.17	10.40●	14.83	18.51
P/B	1.65	1.44	2.50	1.41	-3.30●	1.57	1.59
EV/EBITDA	9.44	8.51●	12.92	11.05	9.00	8.72	10.83
P/S	0.86	0.75	2.78	0.35●	0.71	0.59	0.80

Financial Health
Metric	CENT	CENTA	FRPT	FLO	BRBR	POST	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	3.45	3.45	6.18●	0.77	2.52	1.85	1.55
Debt/Equity	85.9%	85.9%	39.1%	157.4%	-238.0%●	238.9%	48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.04	2.04	0.44●	5.83	3.71	5.19	1.99

Profitability
Metric	CENT	CENTA	FRPT	FLO	BRBR	POST	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.4%	5.4%	17.6%●	1.4%	6.8%	4.0%	1.9%
ROE	10.7%	10.7%	17.3%●	5.4%	—	9.6%	3.4%
ROA	4.6%	4.6%	11.8%	1.7%	16.0%●	2.6%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	11.6%	11.6%	22.3%●	6.7%	13.3%	16.8%	10.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CENT	CENTA	FRPT	FLO	BRBR	POST	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	0.2%	0.2%	12.0%●	3.8%	6.4%	7.2%	3.5%
NI Growth	39.2%	39.2%	1,182.1%●	-68.0%	-43.7%	-5.3%	-16.5%
Div. Yield	0.0%	0.0%	—	11.8%●	—	—	0.0%
Payout	0.0%	0.0%	—	290.1%	—	—	0.0%

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