Central Garden & Pet
CENT · Household Products
$45.38
0.6%Kimberly-Clark
KMB · Household Products
$110.15
1.9%The short version
- Kimberly-Clark is the larger business, with $16.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.1B for Central Garden & Pet, about 5.3 times as much.
- Kimberly-Clark kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (14.3% operating margin, against 8.0% operating margin).
- Kimberly-Clark turned more of its sales into free cash flow (10.0% FCF margin, against 9.3% FCF margin).
- Kimberly-Clark earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (21.5%, against 9.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Kimberly-Clark’s earnings: a P/E of 18.7x against 16.8x for Central Garden & Pet.
| Latest fiscal year | CENT · FY25 | KMB · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $36.7B |
| Revenue | $3.1B | $16.4B |
| Free cash flow | $291M | $1.6B |
| Net income | $163M | $2.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −2.2% | −2.1% |
| 5-year growth | 3.0% | −3.0% |
| Share count change | −4.6% | −1.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 12.3% |
| FCF margin | 9.3% | 10.0% |
| Return on capital | 9.7% | 21.5% |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | 172.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $309M | $6.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | 2.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $155M | $1.8B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.8x | 18.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 6 |
FY16
CENT $1.8B
KMB $18.3B
FY17
CENT $2.1B
KMB $18.3B
FY18
CENT $2.2B
KMB $18.5B
FY19
CENT $2.4B
KMB $18.5B
FY20
CENT $2.7B
KMB $19.1B
FY21
CENT $3.3B
KMB $19.4B
FY22
CENT $3.3B
KMB $20.2B
FY23
CENT $3.3B
KMB $17.1B
FY24
CENT $3.2B
KMB $16.8B
FY25
CENT $3.1B
KMB $16.4B
CENT
KMB
FY16
CENT 7.1%
KMB 18.5%
FY17
CENT 7.6%
KMB 18.3%
FY18
CENT 7.6%
KMB 12.1%
FY19
CENT 6.4%
KMB 16.2%
FY20
CENT 7.3%
KMB 17.0%
FY21
CENT 7.7%
KMB 13.2%
FY22
CENT 7.8%
KMB 13.3%
FY23
CENT 6.4%
KMB 11.2%
FY24
CENT 5.8%
KMB 16.1%
FY25
CENT 8.0%
KMB 14.3%
CENT
KMB
FY16
CENT $124M
KMB $2.5B
FY17
CENT $69.7M
KMB $2.1B
FY18
CENT $76.3M
KMB $2.1B
FY19
CENT $173M
KMB $1.5B
FY20
CENT $221M
KMB $2.5B
FY21
CENT $171M
KMB $1.7B
FY22
CENT −$149M
KMB $1.9B
FY23
CENT $328M
KMB $2.8B
FY24
CENT $352M
KMB $2.5B
FY25
CENT $291M
KMB $1.6B
CENT
KMB
FY16
CENT 9.9%
KMB 33.6%
FY17
CENT 10.6%
KMB 34.4%
FY18
CENT 15.1%
KMB 22.7%
FY19
CENT 10.0%
KMB 32.6%
FY20
CENT 13.5%
KMB 30.4%
FY21
CENT 12.9%
KMB 22.4%
FY22
CENT 9.2%
KMB 23.8%
FY23
CENT 7.3%
KMB 19.2%
FY24
CENT 6.9%
KMB 29.9%
FY25
CENT 9.7%
KMB 21.5%
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