Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT): insider trading, Congress trades & who owns it

Insider signal
29/100
Insider selling · 90 days
Insider buys
$0
0 buyers · 12 months
Insider sales
$1.3M
6 sellers · 12 months
Funds holding
285
13F · Q2 2026
Congress trades
None
none in 2 years

Over the past year there were no insider purchases at Central Garden & Pet Co. Six insiders sold roughly $1.3 million instead.

Selling on its own is common and often pre-planned (10b5-1 plans, taxes, diversification), so it matters more when it is unusually heavy or broad.

Quarter by quarter: Last full quarter: net selling by insiders. Insiders bought in 0 of the last 7 full quarters. On the institutional side, 285 funds reported holding CENT at the end of Q2 2026, and more funds bought than sold.

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Latest insider trades in CENT

FiledInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValueSource
Aug 17, 2026BROWN WILLIAM EChairSell3,900$39.00$152KSEC
Aug 12, 2026Walker John D. IIIPresidentSell5,000$39.00$195KSEC
Aug 12, 2026Walker John D. IIIPresidentSell5,000$38.50$192KSEC
Feb 23, 2026Ranelli JohnDirectorSell3,668$34.50$127KSEC
Feb 17, 2026Hanson John EdwardPresidentSell5,000$34.75$174KSEC
Feb 11, 2026Dougher BrendanDirectorSell3,250$33.38$108KSEC
Dec 2, 2025METZ CHRISTOPHER TDirectorSell10,000$30.91$309KSEC
Sep 2, 2025BROWN WILLIAM EChairSell3,125$32.55$102KSEC
Sep 2, 2025BROWN WILLIAM EChairSell16,806$32.56$547KSEC
Sep 2, 2025BROWN WILLIAM EChairSell83,194$32.71$2.7MSEC
Aug 28, 2025Ranelli JohnDirectorSell3,076$32.58$100KSEC
Aug 26, 2025Walker John D. IIIPresidentSell3,500$32.59$114KSEC
Aug 15, 2025PENNINGTON BROOKS IIIDirectorSell3,281$32.82$108KSEC
May 30, 2025BROWN WILLIAM EChairSell4,800$32.03$154KSEC
May 30, 2025BROWN WILLIAM EChairSell3,000$32.05$96KSEC

Questions about CENT

Are insiders buying or selling CENT stock?

In the last 12 months Central Garden & Pet Co insiders made open-market purchases worth about $0 and sales worth about $1.3 million. Data comes from SEC Form 4 filings, updated every 30 minutes on CapitalSnitch.

When was the last insider trade in CENT?

The most recent open-market insider trade in CENT was filed on 2026-08-17.

How many institutions own CENT?

285 investment managers reported holding CENT in SEC Form 13F filings for Q2 2026.

Has any member of Congress traded CENT?

No congressional trades in CENT were reported in the past two years. The full list is free on CapitalSnitch.

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Public-record data for research and education, not investment advice. Insider sales are often pre-planned (10b5-1). Congress data: Data derived from public disclosures filed under the Ethics in Government Act and the STOCK Act, republished free for public transparency and news reporting. Disclosures may lag the trade by 45 days or more and show amounts only as ranges. This data may not be used for credit rating, loan underwriting, solicitation of money (political, charitable or other), direct-mail or commercial targeting (5 U.S.C. 13107).