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Insider Ownership Percentage: 20.28%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $28,420,968.38

Central Garden & Pet Insider Trading History Chart

Central Garden & Pet Share Price & Price History

^$30.48

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As of 04/29/2025 05:00 PM ET

Days: 30 | 90 | 365

Central Garden & Pet Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
2/10/2025	John D Walker III	Insider	Sell	10,000	$32.86	$328,600.00	67,111
8/30/2024	William E Brown	Chairman	Sell	60,000	$33.54	$2,012,400.00	1,125,773
8/19/2024	John Ranelli	Director	Sell	2,500	$34.28	$85,700.00	822
8/13/2024	Brooks Pennington, III	Director	Sell	1,486	$32.80	$48,740.80	40,743
5/30/2024	William E Brown	Chairman	Sell	700,000	$36.25	$25,375,000.00	1,189,615
5/16/2024	John D Walker III	Insider	Sell	4,218	$40.31	$170,027.58	85,063
5/14/2024	Howard Machek	CAO	Sell	10,000	$40.05	$400,500.00	51,474
2/29/2024	William E Brown	Chairman	Sell	650	$37.48	$24,362.00	409,450
2/23/2024	William E Brown	Chairman	Sell	1,055	$37.39	$39,446.45	410,100
2/20/2024	William E Brown	Chairman	Sell	2,485	$36.66	$91,100.10	411,155
2/15/2024	John Ranelli	Director	Sell	2,400	$38.34	$92,016.00	41
2/14/2024	Howard Machek	CAO	Sell	5,000	$36.40	$182,000.00	59,406
2/13/2024	John Edward Hanson	Insider	Sell	5,321	$37.19	$197,887.99	35,460
2/12/2024	Nicholas Lahanas	CFO	Sell	13,101	$37.64	$493,121.64	115,796
12/5/2023	John Edward Hanson	Insider	Sell	9,375	$25.11	$235,380.00	53,918
11/28/2023	John Ranelli	Director	Sell	4,375	$23.18	$101,416.00	227
8/31/2023	John Ranelli	Director	Sell	3,812	$26.16	$99,709.72	4,602
8/23/2023	John D Walker III	Insider	Sell	17,187	$26.28	$451,756.86	109,990
8/15/2023	Brooks Pennington, III	Director	Sell	1,213	$26.64	$32,310.44	4,593
8/7/2023	Brooks Pennington, III	Director	Sell	39,938	$29.02	$1,158,904.91	4,593
8/7/2023	Howard Machek	CAO	Sell	4,687	$27.30	$127,936.35	74,157
8/7/2023	John Edward Hanson	SVP	Sell	10,301	$27.28	$281,044.24	62,847
5/30/2023	John D Walker III	Insider	Sell	2,185	$22.24	$48,594.40	127,177
2/16/2023	William E Brown	Chairman	Sell	180,735	$25.24	$4,560,883.87	1,442,882
12/1/2022	John D Walker III	Insider	Sell	5,312	$24.79	$131,669.61	137,925
8/25/2022	John D Walker III	Insider	Sell	7,812	$25.96	$202,787.02	137,681
8/16/2022	John Edward Hanson	SVP	Sell	10,102	$27.30	$275,744.19	77,820
5/13/2022	Nicholas Lahanas	CFO	Sell	11,415	$26.74	$305,227.97	177,375

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA)

50.82% of Central Garden & Pet stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Central Garden & Pet Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
4/29/2025	Envestnet Asset Management Inc.	15,410	$0.50M	0.0%	+64.7%	0.024%
4/29/2025	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	401,277	$13.13M	0.0%	-4.9%	0.613%
4/28/2025	Principal Financial Group Inc.	267,825	$8.77M	0.0%	-0.2%	0.409%
4/28/2025	Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund	11,597	$0.38M	0.0%	-4.9%	0.018%
4/28/2025	Teacher Retirement System of Texas	7,784	$0.26M	0.0%	N/A	0.012%
4/25/2025	New York State Teachers Retirement System	85,325	$2.79M	0.0%	-5.5%	0.130%
4/25/2025	Amalgamated Bank	14,503	$0.48M	0.0%	-5.1%	0.022%
4/24/2025	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC	1,977,033	$64.08M	0.1%	-2.9%	3.018%
4/24/2025	Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund	30,602	$1M	0.0%	-6.8%	0.047%
4/23/2025	Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC	6,880	$0.23M	0.0%	-9.2%	0.011%
4/23/2025	GHP Investment Advisors Inc.	92,347	$3.02M	0.1%	+1.7%	0.141%
4/21/2025	Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc.	6,829	$0.22M	0.0%	N/A	0.010%
4/21/2025	State of Alaska Department of Revenue	27,997	$0.92M	0.0%	-5.1%	0.043%
4/21/2025	CWA Asset Management Group LLC	17,506	$0.57M	0.0%	N/A	0.027%
4/16/2025	Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC	13,652	$0.45M	0.0%	+4.6%	0.021%
4/15/2025	SG Americas Securities LLC	16,458	$0.54M	0.0%	+32.0%	0.025%
4/14/2025	Yousif Capital Management LLC	18,615	$0.61M	0.0%	-5.4%	0.028%
4/14/2025	Olstein Capital Management L.P.	60,000	$1.96M	0.4%	-22.1%	0.092%
4/8/2025	Rhumbline Advisers	151,004	$4.94M	0.0%	-5.9%	0.231%
4/7/2025	GAMMA Investing LLC	32,599	$1M	0.0%	+3,083.5%	0.050%
3/18/2025	California State Teachers Retirement System	51,118	$1.69M	0.0%	-0.9%	0.078%
3/17/2025	Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC	13,048	$0.43M	0.0%	+3.1%	0.020%
2/28/2025	Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH	63,248	$2.09M	0.0%	N/A	0.097%
2/24/2025	Credit Industriel ET Commercial	145,770	$4.82M	0.6%	N/A	0.223%
2/19/2025	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	53,494	$1.77M	0.0%	+6.1%	0.082%
2/17/2025	UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	111,167	$3.67M	0.0%	+23.5%	0.169%
2/17/2025	Westwood Holdings Group Inc.	961,615	$31.78M	0.2%	+1.5%	1.466%
2/17/2025	Two Sigma Advisers LP	41,350	$1.37M	0.0%	N/A	0.063%
2/17/2025	Two Sigma Investments LP	70,431	$2.33M	0.0%	N/A	0.107%
2/17/2025	State of Wyoming	8,914	$0.30M	0.0%	+66.6%	0.014%
2/17/2025	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	1,133,963	$37.48M	0.3%	-6.2%	1.729%
2/17/2025	ProShare Advisors LLC	15,708	$0.52M	0.0%	+44.4%	0.024%
2/17/2025	Nuveen Asset Management LLC	139,894	$4.62M	0.0%	-3.2%	0.213%
2/17/2025	NorthRock Partners LLC	58,141	$1.92M	0.1%	N/A	0.089%
2/17/2025	Numerai GP LLC	7,169	$0.24M	0.1%	N/A	0.011%
2/17/2025	Maven Securities LTD	26,605	$0.88M	0.0%	N/A	0.041%
2/17/2025	Millennium Management LLC	64,806	$2.14M	0.0%	-63.0%	0.099%
2/17/2025	MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.	29,678	$0.98M	0.0%	+3.6%	0.045%
2/17/2025	Logan Stone Capital LLC	399,815	$13.21M	4.4%	+56.1%	0.610%
2/17/2025	Gotham Asset Management LLC	16,668	$0.55M	0.0%	+131.0%	0.025%
2/17/2025	Deutsche Bank AG	64,824	$2.14M	0.0%	-5.2%	0.099%
2/17/2025	D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.	175,925	$5.81M	0.0%	+76.0%	0.268%
2/17/2025	BOKF NA	7,669	$0.25M	0.0%	-4.0%	0.012%
2/17/2025	Bridgeway Capital Management LLC	598,565	$19.78M	0.4%	-0.4%	0.913%
2/17/2025	Brevan Howard Capital Management LP	9,285	$0.31M	0.0%	-9.0%	0.014%
2/17/2025	Bank of America Corp DE	445,340	$14.72M	0.0%	-0.9%	0.679%
2/17/2025	BNP Paribas Financial Markets	8,549	$0.28M	0.0%	-38.1%	0.013%
2/17/2025	Ameriprise Financial Inc.	197,652	$6.53M	0.0%	+6.0%	0.301%
2/17/2025	Algert Global LLC	103,380	$3.42M	0.1%	+20.4%	0.158%
2/14/2025	Jane Street Group LLC	26,521	$0.88M	0.0%	-68.0%	0.040%
2/14/2025	Comerica Bank	18,674	$0.62M	0.0%	-2.0%	0.028%
2/14/2025	Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC	110,866	$3.66M	0.0%	+49.9%	0.169%
2/14/2025	Northern Trust Corp	572,833	$18.93M	0.0%	+10.6%	0.873%
2/14/2025	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	363,598	$12.02M	0.0%	-47.4%	0.554%
2/14/2025	Two Sigma Securities LLC	11,792	$0.39M	0.1%	+32.5%	0.018%
2/14/2025	Credit Industriel ET Commercial	145,770	$4.82M	0.7%	N/A	0.222%
2/14/2025	Voya Investment Management LLC	19,018	$0.63M	0.0%	-6.6%	0.029%
2/14/2025	Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD	117,478	$3.88M	0.0%	+6.8%	0.179%
2/14/2025	Hsbc Holdings PLC	8,882	$0.29M	0.0%	-59.0%	0.014%
2/14/2025	State of Tennessee Department of Treasury	30,214	$1M	0.0%	-7.6%	0.046%
2/14/2025	Tower Research Capital LLC TRC	2,081	$69K	0.0%	-42.6%	0.003%
2/14/2025	Mirabella Financial Services LLP	28,253	$0.93M	0.1%	-95.5%	0.043%
2/14/2025	MetLife Investment Management LLC	31,912	$1.06M	0.0%	+7.7%	0.049%
2/14/2025	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	3,587,335	$118.56M	0.0%	-0.3%	5.469%
2/14/2025	First Trust Advisors LP	127,886	$4.23M	0.0%	+37.8%	0.195%
2/13/2025	CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co	66,862	$2.21M	0.0%	-19.0%	0.102%
2/13/2025	Champlain Investment Partners LLC	1,524,869	$50.40M	0.3%	-31.9%	2.325%
2/13/2025	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board	1,700	$56K	0.0%	-41.4%	0.003%
2/13/2025	Farringdon Capital Ltd.	12,576	$0.42M	0.2%	N/A	0.019%
2/13/2025	Marshall Wace LLP	76,524	$2.53M	0.0%	+69.2%	0.117%
2/13/2025	Bridgewater Associates LP	13,614	$0.45M	0.0%	-86.1%	0.021%
2/13/2025	XTX Topco Ltd	13,775	$0.46M	0.0%	N/A	0.021%
2/13/2025	Barclays PLC	124,773	$4.12M	0.0%	+1.8%	0.190%
2/13/2025	Summit Investment Advisors Inc.	5,458	$0.18M	0.2%	+6.3%	0.008%
2/13/2025	Sterling Capital Management LLC	9,740	$0.32M	0.0%	-26.3%	0.015%
2/13/2025	LSV Asset Management	281,207	$9.29M	0.0%	-12.2%	0.429%
2/13/2025	Bessemer Group Inc.	24,465	$0.81M	0.0%	-27.3%	0.037%
2/13/2025	Raymond James Financial Inc.	14,315	$0.47M	0.0%	N/A	0.022%
2/13/2025	Martingale Asset Management L P	59,507	$1.97M	0.0%	-3.4%	0.091%
2/13/2025	Capula Management Ltd	77,243	$2.55M	0.0%	+13.2%	0.118%
2/13/2025	Renaissance Technologies LLC	449,775	$14.87M	0.0%	-21.9%	0.686%
2/13/2025	Legal & General Group Plc	143,835	$4.75M	0.0%	-1.8%	0.219%
2/13/2025	Invesco Ltd.	390,426	$12.90M	0.0%	-28.7%	0.595%
2/13/2025	Bank of Montreal Can	6,538	$0.22M	0.0%	+12.6%	0.010%
2/13/2025	Cerity Partners LLC	19,953	$0.63M	0.0%	-3.5%	0.030%
2/13/2025	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	25,131	$0.83M	0.0%	+10.6%	0.038%
2/13/2025	Envestnet Asset Management Inc.	9,356	$0.31M	0.0%	-7.5%	0.014%
2/13/2025	Wells Fargo & Company MN	36,362	$1.20M	0.0%	+25.0%	0.055%
2/12/2025	ExodusPoint Capital Management LP	107,061	$3.54M	0.0%	N/A	0.163%
2/12/2025	Geode Capital Management LLC	883,449	$29.21M	0.0%	-1.0%	1.347%
2/12/2025	Alliancebernstein L.P.	56,134	$1.86M	0.0%	-1.3%	0.086%
2/12/2025	Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership	50,271	$1.66M	0.0%	-66.8%	0.077%
2/12/2025	Highbridge Capital Management LLC	685,847	$22.67M	0.9%	+89.8%	1.046%
2/12/2025	Pictet Asset Management Holding SA	7,412	$0.25M	0.0%	+32.4%	0.011%
2/12/2025	Norges Bank	249,468	$8.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.380%
2/12/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	248,207	$8.20M	0.0%	+17.7%	0.378%
2/11/2025	Prudential Financial Inc.	53,365	$1.76M	0.0%	-1.0%	0.081%
2/11/2025	Corebridge Financial Inc.	27,773	$0.92M	0.0%	-7.2%	0.042%
2/11/2025	Vanguard Group Inc.	5,979,003	$197.61M	0.0%	+5.4%	9.116%
2/11/2025	KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS	11,549	$0.38M	0.0%	N/A	0.018%

Data available starting January 2016

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Central Garden & Pet Co. engages in the production and distribution of branded and private label products for the lawn, garden, and pet supplies markets. It operates through the Pet and Garden segments. The Pet segment focuses on dog and cat supplies such as dog treats and chews, toys, pet beds and containment, grooming products, waste management and training pads, supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles and pet birds including toys, cages and habitats, bedding, food and supplements, products for equine and livestock, animal and household health and insect control products, live fish, and small animals, as well as outdoor cushions. The Garden segment includes lawn and garden consumables such as grass, vegetable, flower and herb seed, wild bird feed, bird houses and other birding accessories, weed, grass, and other herbicides, insecticide and pesticide products, fertilizers, and live plants. The company was founded by William E. Brown in 1980 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

Today's Range

Now: $30.48

$29.94

$30.70

50 Day Range

MA: $31.58

$30.22

$32.86

52 Week Range

Now: $30.48

$27.70

$41.03

Volume

251,581 shs

Average Volume

309,428 shs

Market Capitalization

$2.00 billion

P/E Ratio

16.75

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

0.75

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Central Garden & Pet?: Central Garden & Pet's top insider shareholders include:
William E Brown (Chairman)
John D Walker III (Insider)
Nicholas Lahanas (CFO)
Howard Machek (CAO)
John Edward Hanson (SVP)
John Edward Hanson (Insider)
Brooks Pennington III (Director)
John Ranelli (Director)
Learn More about top insider investors at Central Garden & Pet.
Who are the major institutional investors of Central Garden & Pet?: Central Garden & Pet's top institutional investors include:
Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC — 3.02%
Principal Financial Group Inc. — 0.41%
Rhumbline Advisers — 0.23%
GHP Investment Advisors Inc. — 0.14%
New York State Teachers Retirement System — 0.13%
Olstein Capital Management L.P. — 0.09%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Central Garden & Pet stock.
Which institutional investors are selling Central Garden & Pet stock?: Within the previous quarter, CENTA stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC
Olstein Capital Management L.P.
Rhumbline Advisers
New York State Teachers Retirement System
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
State of Alaska Department of Revenue
Yousif Capital Management LLC
Amalgamated Bank
In the last year, company insiders that have sold Central Garden & Pet company stock include:
William E Brown (Chairman)
John D Walker III (Insider)
Nicholas Lahanas (CFO)
Howard Machek (CAO)
John Edward Hanson (SVP)
Learn More investors selling Central Garden & Pet stock.
Which institutional investors are buying Central Garden & Pet stock?: Within the last quarter, CENTA stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
GAMMA Investing LLC
CWA Asset Management Group LLC
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc.
SG Americas Securities LLC
GHP Investment Advisors Inc.
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC