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How Central Garden & Pet Company stacks up
CENT · against 176 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
52/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #104 of 177 · scores higher than 41% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 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 · 164 reported | 10.2% | 11.1% | 46% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 175 reported | 8.1% | 9.2% | 41% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 166 reported | 4.4% | 5.0% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 164 reported | 10.0% | 10.3% | 48% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 177 reported | 32.6% | 35.5% | 40% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CENTScores 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