Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) FY2026 YTD Q3 Statement of Cash Flows

Statement of Cash Flows

2025-09-28 to 2026-06-27

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Central Garden & Pet Company cash flow reconciliation, Sep 28, 2025 through Jun 27, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $176,823,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $60,977,000.00Accrued expenses → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $47,630,000.00Non-cash lease expense → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $43,725,000.00Inventories → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $22,268,000.00Stock-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $15,699,000.00Accounts payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $8,189,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $4,481,000.00Prepaid expenses and other assets → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $2,522,000.00Other operating activities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,898,000.00Amortization of deferred financing costs → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,879,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $30,772,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts receivable: $130,770,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Operating lease liabilities: $43,699,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Gain on divestiture: $2,479,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other long-term obligations: $1,548,000.00Proceeds from divestiture → investing reconciliation: $30,644,000.00investing reconciliation → Payments to acquire companies, net of cash acquired: $57,720,000.00investing reconciliation → Additions to property, plant and equipment: $33,851,000.00investing reconciliation → Other investing activities: $50,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $32,343,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchase of common stock, including shares surrendered for tax withholding: $28,822,000.00financing reconciliation → Payment of financing costs: $2,329,000.00financing reconciliation → Distribution to noncontrolling interest: $1,139,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayments of long-term debt: $53,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $60,977,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $898,433,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $207,595,000.00Cash sources and uses → Exchange-rate effect: $494,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,012,214,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $60,977,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $32,343,000.00Net income: $176,823,000.00Net income+$176.82 MDepreciation and amortization: $60,977,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$60.98 MAmortization of deferred financing costs: $1,879,000.00Debt issuance cost amortization+$1.88 MNon-cash lease expense: $43,725,000.00Non-cash lease expense+$43.73 MStock-based compensation: $15,699,000.00Stock-based compensation+$15.70 MGain on divestiture: -$2,479,000.00Business sale gain & loss−$2.48 MDeferred income taxes: $4,481,000.00Deferred income taxes+$4.48 MOther operating activities: $1,898,000.00Other non-cash items+$1.90 MAccounts receivable: -$130,770,000.00Accounts receivable−$130.77 MInventories: $22,268,000.00Inventories+$22.27 MPrepaid expenses and other assets: $2,522,000.00Prepaid & other assets+$2.52 MAccounts payable: $8,189,000.00Accounts payable+$8.19 MAccrued expenses: $47,630,000.00Accrued liabilities+$47.63 MOther long-term obligations: -$1,548,000.00Other noncurrent liabilities−$1.55 MOperating lease liabilities: -$43,699,000.00Operating lease liabilities−$43.70 MNet cash from operating activities: $207,595,000.00Operating cash+$207.60 MOperating adjustments reconciliation: $209,268,000.00Repayments of long-term debt: -$53,000.00Long-term debt repaid−$53.00 KRepurchase of common stock, including shares surrendered for tax withholding: -$28,822,000.00Common stock repurchases−$28.82 MDistribution to noncontrolling interest: -$1,139,000.00Noncontrolling dividends−$1.14 MPayment of financing costs: -$2,329,000.00Financing costs paid−$2.33 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$32,343,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$32.34 Mfinancing reconciliation: $32,343,000.00Additions to property, plant and equipment: -$33,851,000.00PP&E purchases−$33.85 MPayments to acquire companies, net of cash acquired: -$57,720,000.00Acquisitions, net of cash−$57.72 MProceeds from divestiture: $30,644,000.00Business sales+$30.64 MOther investing activities: -$50,000.00Other investing, net−$50.00 KNet cash used in investing activities: -$60,977,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$60.98 Minvesting reconciliation: $91,621,000.00Cash sources and uses: $1,106,028,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $898,433,000.00Beginning cash$898.43 MEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,012,214,000.00Ending cash$1.01 BExchange-rate effect: -$494,000.00FX effect−$494.00 KCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$173.74 MOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income1.17×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$113.78 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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Central Garden & Pet Company cash flow reconciliation, Sep 28, 2025 through Jun 27, 2026

Cash flows for Sep 28, 2025 through Jun 27, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Sep 27, 2025. Ending cash: Jun 27, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Sep 27, 2025
898,433,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
207,595,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
176,823,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
60,977,000 US dollars
Amortization of deferred financing costs
1,879,000 US dollars
Non-cash lease expense
43,725,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation
15,699,000 US dollars
Gain on divestiture
negative 2,479,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
4,481,000 US dollars
Other operating activities
1,898,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
negative 130,770,000 US dollars
Inventories
22,268,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other assets
2,522,000 US dollars
Accounts payable
8,189,000 US dollars
Accrued expenses
47,630,000 US dollars
Other long-term obligations
negative 1,548,000 US dollars
Operating lease liabilities
negative 43,699,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 60,977,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Additions to property, plant and equipment
negative 33,851,000 US dollars
Payments to acquire companies, net of cash acquired
negative 57,720,000 US dollars
Proceeds from divestiture
30,644,000 US dollars
Other investing activities
negative 50,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 32,343,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Repayments of long-term debt
negative 53,000 US dollars
Repurchase of common stock, including shares surrendered for tax withholding
negative 28,822,000 US dollars
Distribution to noncontrolling interest
negative 1,139,000 US dollars
Payment of financing costs
negative 2,329,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
209,268,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
32,343,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
91,621,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
negative 494,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Jun 27, 2026
1,012,214,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
1,106,028,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
113,781,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.17×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
207,595,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
33,851,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
173,744,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $30.77M after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 207,595,000 US dollars minus 33,851,000 US dollars equals 173,744,000 US dollars.
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