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Central Garden & Pet price to free cash flow CENT

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
8.2×
10-year median
9.6×
Against its 10-year history
35th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
5.4× to 32.2×
Peer median
14.5×

Central Garden & Pet's price to free cash flow is 8.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 9.6×, lower than on 65% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.4× in Dec 2023 to 32.2× in Aug 2018.

The median for 10 food Distribution stocks of a similar size is 14.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far8.2×6.8×9.9×
20257.0×6.0×7.7×
20247.3×6.5×9.2×
20238.2×5.4×24.1×
202218.1×11.4×19.5×
202113.3×6.8×14.4×
20207.5×7.1×11.2×
20197.9×6.6×23.4×
201820.3×18.5×32.2×
201722.7×10.4×27.6×
201610.7×6.4×13.5×
20158.1×3.1×8.8×
20143.2×2.8×45.1×
201317.6×7.1×18.6×
20127.5×4.8×14.0×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
CENTCentral Garden & Pet8.2×
UNFIUnited Natural Foods8.8×
HWKNHawkins30.1×
ASHAshland13.4×
ANDEAndersons38.8×
SEBSeaboardn/m
CHEFChefs' Warehouse34.3×
UVVUniversal6.0×
CAPLCrossAmerica Partners9.3×
DPZDominos Pizza16.2×
PFGCPerformance Food14.5×
Peer median14.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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