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Central Garden & Pet CENT

US equityMarket cap rank #2630Packaged Foods
$39.70 −$0.11 (-0.28%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:30 am ET · After hours $39.70 0.00%
Open$39.55
Prev close$39.81
Day range$39.48 – $40.01
Volume72.0K
Market cap$2.48B
P/E (TTM)14.7
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership93.7%+0.13 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding371+1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)22 buys / 26 sellsNet selling
Short interest0.62% of floatDays to cover 4.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%22%29%36%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$519.0K (5 inflow days, 15 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 40.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock16.06%
  • William Brown6.85%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.39%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors6.24%
  • American Century Investment Management4.81%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.67%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.14%
  • LSV Asset Management4.02%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund81.74%
  • Individual/Insider8.03%
  • Hedge Fund5.68%
  • Government Pension Fund2.72%
  • Public Company2.15%
  • Private Company0.50%
  • Family Office/Trust0.38%
  • Insurance Company0.29%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 0.62% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 385,057 0.6% 4.9
31 Aug 2026 425,697 0.7% 3.2
14 Aug 2026 378,996 0.6% 3.0
31 Jul 2026 276,503 0.4% 3.8
15 Jul 2026 298,777 0.5% 3.4
30 Jun 2026 364,766 0.6% 3.4

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