Central Garden & Pet Company

NasdaqGS:CENT.A Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.8b

Central Garden & Pet Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:CENT.A Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
28 Nov 25SellUS$309,058Christopher MetzIndividual10,000US$30.91
29 Aug 25SellUS$3,369,930William BrownIndividual103,125US$32.71
25 Aug 25SellUS$114,062John WalkerIndividual3,500US$32.59
25 Aug 25SellUS$100,230John RanelliIndividual3,076US$32.58
29 May 25SellUS$249,894William BrownIndividual7,800US$32.05
21 May 25SellUS$3,240,068William BrownIndividual100,000US$32.42
13 May 25SellUS$300,000John HansonIndividual9,375US$32.00
13 Feb 25SellUS$83,205John RanelliIndividual2,500US$33.28
11 Feb 25SellUS$223,745Brooks PenningtonIndividual6,765US$33.44
10 Feb 25SellUS$328,594John WalkerIndividual10,000US$32.86

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: CENT.A insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CENT.A?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government39,6590.0623%
Individual Insiders5,010,4397.87%
Institutions58,640,88392.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 79.76% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
15%
BlackRock, Inc.
9,347,835US$277.4m-0.48%no data
11%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
6,884,632US$204.3m-1.16%no data
6.89%
William Brown
4,291,874US$127.3m-2.35%no data
6.38%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
3,978,657US$118.1m-0.55%0.01%
4.29%
Allspring Global Investments, LLC
2,673,550US$79.3m-0.92%0.12%
4.11%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
2,562,125US$76.0m-0.07%no data
3.56%
Victory Capital Management Inc.
2,217,545US$65.8m5.5%0.04%
3.5%
American Century Investment Management Inc
2,178,986US$64.7m8.48%0.02%
2.4%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,493,642US$44.3m4.04%no data
2.22%
LSV Asset Management
1,384,619US$41.1m209%0.08%
1.83%
Westwood Management Corp.
1,138,043US$33.8m-0.25%0.24%
1.78%
GW&K Investment Management, LLC
1,108,575US$32.9m-2.75%0.27%
1.78%
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC
1,107,703US$32.9m6.43%0.21%
1.71%
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
1,068,329US$31.7m-24%0.24%
1.64%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
1,023,859US$30.4m1.47%no data
1.6%
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC
1,000,074US$29.7m-0.41%0.42%
1.49%
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
927,969US$27.5m-12.6%0.06%
1.42%
William Blair Investment Management, LLC
884,784US$26.3m6.42%0.03%
1.34%
Manulife Asset Management
834,884US$24.8m-3.09%0.02%
1.19%
Northern Trust Global Investments
739,531US$21.9m-0.71%no data
1.06%
Eaton Vance Management
660,020US$19.6m-7.89%no data
0.98%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
611,262US$18.1m8.98%0.02%
0.94%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
588,113US$17.5m139%no data
0.87%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd
544,123US$16.1m34.2%0.03%
0.75%
Managed Account Advisors LLC
465,744US$13.8m-6.59%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/06 05:01
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/05 00:00
Earnings2025/09/27
Annual Earnings2025/09/27

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Central Garden & Pet Company is covered by 15 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Shannon CoyneBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Christopher CareyBofA Global Research