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How Central Garden & Pet Company stacks up
CENT · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
52/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #391 of 821 · scores higher than 52% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 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 · 761 reported | 10.2% | 7.7% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 8.1% | 7.6% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | 4.4% | 4.0% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | 10.0% | 8.3% | 57% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 32.6% | 32.0% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CENT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 391 | 80.7B CNY (≈$11.3B) | 52 | 56 |
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