Central Garden & Pet vs Edgewell Personal Care
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The short version
- Central Garden & Pet is the larger business, with $3.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.2B for Edgewell Personal Care.
- Edgewell Personal Care grew revenue faster (−1.3%, against −2.2%).
- Central Garden & Pet kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (8.0% operating margin, against 4.3%).
- Central Garden & Pet turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.3% FCF margin, against 1.9%).
- Central Garden & Pet earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (9.7%, against 3.6%).
| Latest fiscal year | CENT · FY25 | EPC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $1.3B |
| Revenue | $3.1B | $2.2B |
| Free cash flow | $291M | $41.4M |
| Net income | $163M | $25.4M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −2.2% | −1.3% |
| 5-year growth | 3.0% | 2.7% |
| Share count change | −4.6% | −5.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 41.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 1.1% |
| FCF margin | 9.3% | 1.9% |
| Return on capital | 9.7% | 3.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | 1.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $309M | $1.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | 6.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $155M | $120M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.8x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 5 |
Revenue
FY16
CENT $1.8B
EPC $2.4B
FY17
CENT $2.1B
EPC $2.3B
FY18
CENT $2.2B
EPC $2.2B
FY19
CENT $2.4B
EPC $2.1B
FY20
CENT $2.7B
EPC $1.9B
FY21
CENT $3.3B
EPC $2.1B
FY22
CENT $3.3B
EPC $2.2B
FY23
CENT $3.3B
EPC $2.3B
FY24
CENT $3.2B
EPC $2.3B
FY25
CENT $3.1B
EPC $2.2B
CENT
EPC
Operating margin
FY16
CENT 7.1%
EPC —
FY17
CENT 7.6%
EPC —
FY18
CENT 7.6%
EPC —
FY19
CENT 6.4%
EPC 11.4%
FY20
CENT 7.3%
EPC 9.0%
FY21
CENT 7.7%
EPC 11.5%
FY22
CENT 7.8%
EPC 8.4%
FY23
CENT 6.4%
EPC 10.1%
FY24
CENT 5.8%
EPC 8.8%
FY25
CENT 8.0%
EPC 4.3%
CENT
EPC
Free cash flow
FY16
CENT $124M
EPC $117M
FY17
CENT $69.7M
EPC $245M
FY18
CENT $76.3M
EPC $197M
FY19
CENT $173M
EPC $133M
FY20
CENT $221M
EPC $185M
FY21
CENT $171M
EPC $172M
FY22
CENT −$149M
EPC $45.6M
FY23
CENT $328M
EPC −$266M
FY24
CENT $352M
EPC −$288M
FY25
CENT $291M
EPC $41.4M
CENT
EPC
Return on capital
FY16
CENT 9.9%
EPC 8.2%
FY17
CENT 10.6%
EPC 0.5%
FY18
CENT 15.1%
EPC 5.3%
FY19
CENT 10.0%
EPC 7.8%
FY20
CENT 13.5%
EPC 6.1%
FY21
CENT 12.9%
EPC 8.2%
FY22
CENT 9.2%
EPC 5.8%
FY23
CENT 7.3%
EPC 6.6%
FY24
CENT 6.9%
EPC 6.1%
FY25
CENT 9.7%
EPC 3.6%
CENT
EPC
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.