Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Insider Trades, Congress & Funds

Smart money at a glance

Filings to Oct 27, 2026

Net selling: insiders sold $540K and bought $0 on the open market in 90 days (SEC Form 4). Congress: no trades disclosed in 180 days.

Company insidersSEC Form 4, last 90 days: -$540K netNet selling
CongressSTOCK Act, last 180 days: NoneNo trades disclosed
Big fundsSEC 13F, latest quarter: NoneNo large changes
Federal contractsUSAspending.gov, last 12 months: No awardsNone on record

Analysts

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Questions about CENT filings

Are insiders buying or selling Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) stock?

Net selling: insiders sold $540K and bought $0 of CENT stock on the open market in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026, according to SEC Form 4 filings. The largest was Walker, John D. III (President, Garden Consumer Pro), who sold $388K. The latest filing was on Aug 17, 2026.

Which members of Congress have traded CENT recently?

None. No member of Congress disclosed a CENT trade with a trade date in the last 180 days, according to House and Senate STOCK Act filings.

How current is this CENT smart-money data?

This summary uses filings available on Oct 27, 2026. Insiders must report trades to the SEC within 2 business days, members of Congress have up to 45 days to disclose a trade, and funds file 13F holdings up to 45 days after each quarter ends, so the latest moves may not be public yet.

Smart money on CENT

Lean short1 source:
- Insiders

Top traders
No tracked positions at the last update
Insiders
- William E Brown, sold $152K, open market, filed Aug 17
- John D. III Walker, sold $388K, open market, filed Aug 12
Lean short · thin2 sales · $540K
Form 4 filings, open market.
Politicians
No recent politician filings found
Funds
No recent fund filings found
Fin-fluencers
No recent posts found

Each bar is 100% of that source’s money. The notch marks an even split.

Lean is the direction of the latest moves. Descriptive, not advice.

Questions about CENT filings

Are insiders buying or selling Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) stock?

Which members of Congress have traded CENT recently?

None. No member of Congress disclosed a CENT trade with a trade date in the last 180 days, according to House and Senate STOCK Act filings.

How current is this CENT smart-money data?

Insiders

What insiders are doing

2 trades · 6 mo

Sold$540K

Sells (2)

BW
Brown William E
Chairman, 10% · Cluster · Aug 17
$152K
sold
Signals like this: n=7976, 50% finished lower at D15, median -0.1% vs SPY +0.7%
WJ
Walker John D. Iii
President, Garden Consumer Pro · Cluster · Aug 12
$388K
sold

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Reported Aug 5, 2026

Earnings landed in line with what analysts expected.

Documents

Quarterly report10-Q Annual report10-K Every filing

Last report

Aug 5, 2026

Period ending

Jun 27, 2026

Earnings per share

$1.54+0.55% in line

$1.53 expected

Revenue

$882.4M

SEC filing

EPS: Yahoo Finance

Next report

Estimated report: Nov 23, 2026, in 27 days

Previous reports

Period ending	Reported	EPS / estimate	EPS surprise	Revenue / income	Surprise
Jun 27, 2026	Aug 5, 2026	$1.54 / $1.53Yahoo Finance	+0.55% in line	$882.4M No estimateSEC filing	Unavailable
Mar 28, 2026	May 6, 2026	$1.29 / $1.10Yahoo Finance	+17.28% beat	$906.2M No estimateSEC filing	Unavailable
Dec 27, 2025	Feb 4, 2026	$0.21 / $0.14Yahoo Finance	+51.80% beat	$617.4M No estimateSEC filing	Unavailable
Sep 30, 2025	Nov 24, 2025	-$0.09 / -$0.20Yahoo Finance	+54.28% beat	$678.2M No estimate	Unavailable
Jun 28, 2025	Aug 6, 2025	$1.56 / $1.43Alpha Vantage	+9.09% beat	$960.9M No estimateSEC filing	Unavailable
Mar 29, 2025	May 7, 2025	$1.04 / $0.93Alpha Vantage	+11.83% beat	$833.5M No estimateSEC filing	Unavailable
Dec 28, 2024	Feb 5, 2025	$0.21 / -$0.04Alpha Vantage	+$0.25 beat	$656.4M No estimateSEC filing	Unavailable
Sep 30, 2024	Nov 25, 2024	-$0.19 / -$0.19Alpha Vantage	+3.40% beat	$3.20B No estimateYear ended Sep 28, 2024 · SEC filing	Unavailable

EPS uses Yahoo Finance where available, then Alpha Vantage or verified release comparisons. Revenue and income use company releases, SEC filings, Alpha Vantage or Yahoo Finance. Non-USD revenue carries its currency code. Comparisons require a paired release estimate.

Open: $45.11
52-wk high: $47.36
High: $45.39
52-wk low: $30.22
Low: $41.45
Prev close: $45.13
Mkt cap: $2.84B
P/E: 16.8x
ROE: +10.0%
Fwd P/E: 13.0x
Beta: 0.59
P/S: 0.9x
P/B: 1.6x
Profit margin: +5.4%
Op margin: +14.3%

Fundamentals

Is the business strong?

Fairly priced and running thin margins.

Net margin: 5.4%
P/E: 16.81
Forward P/E: 13.00
Market cap: $2.8B

Valuation

P/S0.92
P/B1.63

Quality

Operating margin14.3%
ROE10.0%
ROA4.3%

Growth

Beta0.59

Technicals

Price structure

This stock is in a strong uptrend, and looks overbought after a fast run-up.

Trend

Strong uptrend

85 / 100

RSI 14

90overbought

20D volatility

24%annualized

52-week range

$45.38

$30.22$47.36

20D support

$38.38recent floor

20D resistance

$45.39recent ceiling

Returns

5D +7.9%20D +14.9%60D +4.9%

Price vs moving averages

SMA20 +10.2%SMA50 +9.1%SMA200 +14.6%

Volume pace

0.99xvs prior 20D

Period ending

Reported

EPS / estimate

EPS surprise

Revenue / income

Surprise

Jun 27, 2026

Aug 5, 2026

$1.54 / $1.53Yahoo Finance

+0.55% in line

$882.4M No estimateSEC filing

Unavailable

Mar 28, 2026

May 6, 2026

$1.29 / $1.10Yahoo Finance

+17.28% beat

$906.2M No estimateSEC filing

Unavailable

Dec 27, 2025

Feb 4, 2026

$0.21 / $0.14Yahoo Finance

+51.80% beat

$617.4M No estimateSEC filing

Unavailable

Sep 30, 2025

Nov 24, 2025

-$0.09 / -$0.20Yahoo Finance

+54.28% beat

$678.2M No estimate

Unavailable

Jun 28, 2025

Aug 6, 2025

$1.56 / $1.43Alpha Vantage

+9.09% beat

$960.9M No estimateSEC filing

Unavailable

Mar 29, 2025

May 7, 2025

$1.04 / $0.93Alpha Vantage

+11.83% beat

$833.5M No estimateSEC filing

Unavailable

Dec 28, 2024

Feb 5, 2025

$0.21 / -$0.04Alpha Vantage

+$0.25 beat

$656.4M No estimateSEC filing

Unavailable

Sep 30, 2024

Nov 25, 2024

-$0.19 / -$0.19Alpha Vantage

+3.40% beat

$3.20B No estimateYear ended Sep 28, 2024 · SEC filing

Unavailable

Central Garden & Pet Company

Smart money at a glance

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Questions about CENT filings

Smart money on CENT

Questions about CENT filings

What insiders are doing

How top traders are positioned

Unlock everything for $29/month

Earnings landed in line with what analysts expected.

Estimated report: Nov 23, 2026, in 27 days

Previous reports

Is the business strong?

Price structure

Central Garden & Pet Company

Smart money at a glance

What do analysts expect?

Questions about CENT filings

Smart money on CENT

Questions about CENT filings

What insiders are doing

How top traders are positioned

Unlock everything for $29/month

Earnings landed in line with what analysts expected.

Estimated report: Nov 23, 2026, in 27 days

Previous reports

Is the business strong?

Price structure

Central Garden & Pet Company

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Questions about CENT filings

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Central Garden & Pet Company

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Smart money

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Earnings

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