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How Central Garden & Pet Company stacks up
CENT · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
52/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #76 of 152 · scores higher than 49% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score11 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including CENT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 52?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Defensive norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.1% vs peer median 7.6%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.4% vs peer median 4.0%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 10.2% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CENT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CENT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported | 10.2% | 8.4% | 55% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported | 8.1% | 5.9% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported | 4.4% | 4.3% | 50% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported | 10.0% | 10.2% | 49% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported | 32.6% | 35.5% | 44% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CENT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 129.5B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 314.1B USD | 99 | 54 | |
| 3 | 3.7B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 3 | 775M USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 5 | 3.5B USD | 97 | 54 | |
| 72 | 7.0B USD | 55 | 37 | |
| 72 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score