Central Garden & Pet PE ratio CENT

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.9×
10-year median: 15.3×
Against its 10-year history: 69th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.2× to 30.8×
Peer median: 34.9×

Central Garden & Pet's PE ratio is 16.9× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $45.38 against $2.68 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 15.3×, higher than on 69% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.2× in Sep 2022 to 30.8× in Jan 2017.

The median for 10 food Distribution stocks of a similar size is 34.9×.

PE ratio over time

median 15.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.9×	12.5×	16.9×
2025	12.8×	12.6×	23.8×
2024	24.3×	14.7×	25.3×
2023	21.3×	10.6×	21.3×
2022	10.6×	10.2×	14.4×
2021	15.1×	11.3×	18.8×
2020	13.6×	13.0×	19.3×
2019	15.4×	10.3×	15.4×
2018	11.4×	10.4×	21.1×
2017	20.1×	19.7×	30.8×
2016	29.8×	15.1×	30.3×
2015	16.5×	12.4×	40.8×
2014	38.5×	33.7×	38.5×
2013	28.4×	13.9×	29.0×
2012	17.4×	16.4×	30.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Food Distribution nearest Central Garden & Pet's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
CENTCentral Garden & Pet	16.9×
UNFIUnited Natural Foods	35.5×
HWKNHawkins	34.3×
ASHAshland	62.4×
ANDEAndersons	12.6×
SEBSeaboard	5.9×
CHEFChefs' Warehouse	51.1×
UVVUniversal	52.4×
CAPLCrossAmerica Partners	15.9×
DPZDominos Pizza	17.3×
PFGCPerformance Food	41.4×
Peer median	34.9×

Where Central Garden & Pet ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.