Central Garden & Pet vs Inter Parfums
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The short version
- Central Garden & Pet is the larger business, with $3.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.5B for Inter Parfums, about 2.1 times as much.
- Inter Parfums grew revenue faster (2.5%, against −2.2%).
- Inter Parfums kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.2% operating margin, against 8.0%).
- Inter Parfums turned more of its sales into free cash flow (12.8% FCF margin, against 9.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Inter Parfums’s earnings: a P/E of 22.0x against 16.8x for Central Garden & Pet.
| Latest fiscal year | CENT · FY25 | IPAR · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $3.7B |
| Revenue | $3.1B | $1.5B |
| Free cash flow | $291M | $190M |
| Net income | $163M | $168M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −2.2% | 2.5% |
| 5-year growth | 3.0% | 22.5% |
| Share count change | −4.6% | 0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 63.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 18.2% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 11.3% |
| FCF margin | 9.3% | 12.8% |
| Return on capital | 9.7% | — |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | 20.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $309M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $155M | $117M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.8x | 22.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 4 |
Revenue
FY16
CENT $1.8B
IPAR $521M
FY17
CENT $2.1B
IPAR $591M
FY18
CENT $2.2B
IPAR $676M
FY19
CENT $2.4B
IPAR $714M
FY20
CENT $2.7B
IPAR $539M
FY21
CENT $3.3B
IPAR $880M
FY22
CENT $3.3B
IPAR $1.1B
FY23
CENT $3.3B
IPAR $1.3B
FY24
CENT $3.2B
IPAR $1.5B
FY25
CENT $3.1B
IPAR $1.5B
CENT
IPAR
Operating margin
FY16
CENT 7.1%
IPAR 12.8%
FY17
CENT 7.6%
IPAR 13.3%
FY18
CENT 7.6%
IPAR 14.0%
FY19
CENT 6.4%
IPAR 14.7%
FY20
CENT 7.3%
IPAR 13.0%
FY21
CENT 7.7%
IPAR 16.8%
FY22
CENT 7.8%
IPAR 17.9%
FY23
CENT 6.4%
IPAR 19.1%
FY24
CENT 5.8%
IPAR 18.9%
FY25
CENT 8.0%
IPAR 18.2%
CENT
IPAR
Free cash flow
FY16
CENT $124M
IPAR $49.8M
FY17
CENT $69.7M
IPAR $32.9M
FY18
CENT $76.3M
IPAR $59.1M
FY19
CENT $173M
IPAR $71.0M
FY20
CENT $221M
IPAR $54.0M
FY21
CENT $171M
IPAR −$21.7M
FY22
CENT −$149M
IPAR $39.3M
FY23
CENT $328M
IPAR $99.3M
FY24
CENT $352M
IPAR $183M
FY25
CENT $291M
IPAR $190M
CENT
IPAR
Return on capital
FY16
CENT 9.9%
IPAR 13.9%
FY17
CENT 10.6%
IPAR 17.0%
FY18
CENT 15.1%
IPAR 19.0%
FY19
CENT 10.0%
IPAR 20.2%
FY20
CENT 13.5%
IPAR 10.8%
FY21
CENT 12.9%
IPAR —
FY22
CENT 9.2%
IPAR —
FY23
CENT 7.3%
IPAR —
FY24
CENT 6.9%
IPAR —
FY25
CENT 9.7%
IPAR —
CENT
IPAR
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.