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Central Garden & Pet Co

CENT
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods
SEC CIK
0000887733

In the last 90 days, Central Garden & Pet Co insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 184 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $416.2M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Other share classesCENTA

Open-market trades, last 90 days

Open-market purchases (P) and sales (S) by Central Garden & Pet Co insiders, counted by Form 4 filing. Trades with a flagged price and duplicate filings are left out.

Open-market buys
0 filings
Open-market sells
2 filings
2 insiders, $539.6K in total
Insiders trading
2
Net value
−$539.6K
Purchases minus sales

Insider roster

Directors, officers and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 for Central Garden & Pet Co, current and former, most recent filer first. Last reported holding is the position after the last non-derivative trade in their latest filing.

Insider roster for Central Garden & Pet Co
NameTitleLast reported holdingLast filingFilings, past year
Pennington Brooks IIIDirector123,106Aug 17, 20263
Brown William EChairman350,259IndirectAug 17, 20266
Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro59,679Aug 12, 20266
Machek HowardChief Accounting Officer47,944Jul 14, 20264
Hanson John EdwardPresident, Pet Consumer Prod7,622IndirectJun 26, 20265
Lahanas NicholasChief Executive Officer122,350May 19, 20264
Schwichtenberg KayDirector3,734Mar 24, 20261
Ranelli JohnDirector646IndirectFeb 23, 20263
Metz Christopher TDirector15,305Feb 13, 20262
Smith Bradley G.Chief Financial Officer17,544Feb 13, 20263
Patel Apur RohitChief Legal Officer24,861Feb 13, 20261
Springer Mary BethDirector26,631Feb 12, 20261
Chun Courtnee ADirector18,263Feb 12, 20261
Lewis Randal D.Director7,839Feb 12, 20261
Dougher BrendanDirector3,584Feb 12, 20262
Yuhas George A.General Counsel8,183Jan 21, 20261
McCarthy Joyce M.General Counsel13,359May 20, 20250
Coleman LisaDirector13,439Feb 14, 20250
Griffith Michael JDirector12,508Feb 14, 20240
Cofer Timothy P.CEO88,958Feb 13, 20230
Myers Daniel P.Director2,940Feb 8, 20230
Edwards MichaelDirector4,684Jul 8, 20210

Insider trades

Each row adds up one type of transaction in one Form 4 filing. Only open-market purchases (P) and sales (S) are shown by default; use the filters to see grants, option exercises and other codes.

Insider trades
Filed (ET)Trade dateFiling delayInsiderTransactionSharesAvg priceValueHolding changeFlags
Aug 17, 2026 (view filing)4:01 PM ETAug 134 daysBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.90K$39.00−$152.1K−1.1%350.3K after
Aug 12, 2026 (view filing)5:16 PM ETAug 11-121 dayWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−10.0K$38.75−$387.5K−14.4%59.7K after2 lots
Feb 23, 2026 (view filing)Feb 194 daysRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.67K$34.50−$126.5K−85.0%646 after
Feb 17, 2026 (view filing)Feb 17Same dayHanson John EdwardPresident, Pet Consumer ProdSSaleClass A Common Stock−5.00K$34.75−$173.8K−41.1%7.16K after
Feb 11, 2026 (view filing)Feb 101 dayDougher BrendanDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.25K$33.38−$108.5K−20.2%12.8K after
Dec 2, 2025 (view filing)Nov 284 daysMetz Christopher TDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−10.0K$30.91−$309.1K−46.0%11.7K after
Sep 2, 2025 (view filing)Aug 285 daysBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.13K$32.55−$101.7K−0.8%374.3K after
Sep 2, 2025 (view filing)Aug 28-295 daysBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−100.0K$32.68−$3.27M−9.7%930.4K after2 lots
Aug 28, 2025 (view filing)Aug 253 daysLateRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.08K$32.58−$100.2K−68.3%1.43K after
Aug 26, 2025 (view filing)Aug 251 dayWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.50K$32.59−$114.1K−4.9%67.3K after
Aug 15, 2025 (view filing)Aug 141 dayPennington Brooks IIIDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.28K$32.82−$107.7K−8.1%37.0K after10b5-1
May 30, 2025 (view filing)May 291 dayBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−7.80K$32.04−$249.9K−2.0%377.4K after2 lots
May 22, 2025 (view filing)May 20-212 daysBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−100.0K$32.40−$3.24M−8.8%1.03M after2 lots
May 15, 2025 (view filing)May 132 daysHanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer ProductSSaleClass A Common Stock−9.38K$32.00−$300.0K−51.1%8.98K after
Feb 14, 2025 (view filing)Feb 131 dayRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−2.50K$33.28−$83.2K−74.5%856 after
Feb 12, 2025 (view filing)4:06 PM ETFeb 10-112 daysPennington Brooks IIIDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−6.76K$33.07−$223.7K−15.6%36.7K after2 lots10b5-1
Feb 11, 2025 (view filing)Feb 101 dayWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−10.0K$32.86−$328.6K−13.0%67.1K after
Sep 3, 2024 (view filing)Aug 304 daysBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−60.0K$33.54−$2.01M−5.1%1.13M after
Aug 21, 2024 (view filing)Aug 192 daysRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−2.50K$34.28−$85.7K−75.3%822 after
Aug 14, 2024 (view filing)Aug 131 dayPennington Brooks IIIDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−1.49K$32.80−$48.7K−3.5%40.7K after10b5-1
May 31, 2024 (view filing)Feb 20-May 31101 daysLateBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−29.0K$37.23−$1.08M−7.0%384.6K after4 lots
May 31, 2024 (view filing)May 301 dayBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−700.0K$36.25−$25.4M−37.0%1.19M after
May 20, 2024 (view filing)May 164 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−4.22K$40.31−$170.0K−4.7%85.1K after
May 17, 2024 (view filing)May 152 daysLahanas NicholasChief Financial OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−10.0K$40.00−$400.0K−11.4%77.5K after
May 15, 2024 (view filing)May 141 dayMachek HowardChief Accounting OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−10.0K$40.05−$400.5K−16.3%51.5K after
May 15, 2024 (view filing)May 132 daysHanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer ProductSSaleClass A Common Stock−9.13K$39.98−$365.1K−21.7%32.9K after
May 14, 2024 (view filing)May 131 dayLahanas NicholasChief Financial OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−30.0K$39.98−$1.20M−25.5%87.5K after
Feb 20, 2024 (view filing)Feb 155 daysRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−2.00K$37.28−$74.6K−98.0%41 after
Feb 20, 2024 (view filing)Feb 155 daysRanelli JohnDirectorSSale−400$43.60−$17.4K−5.4%7.04K after
Feb 14, 2024 (view filing)Feb 131 dayHanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer ProductSSaleClass A Common Stock+5.32K$37.19+$197.9K+14.5%42.0K afterAmended
Feb 14, 2024 (view filing)Feb 14Same dayMachek HowardChief Accounting OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−5.00K$36.40−$182.0K−7.8%59.4K after
Feb 13, 2024 (view filing)Feb 121 dayLahanas NicholasChief Financial OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−13.1K$37.64−$493.1K−10.2%115.8K after
Dec 6, 2023 (view filing)Dec 51 dayHanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer ProductSSaleClass A Common Stock−6.00K$39.23−$235.4K−14.8%34.5K after
Nov 29, 2023 (view filing)Nov 281 dayRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−2.80K$36.22−$101.4K−95.0%146 after
Sep 5, 2023 (view filing)Aug 315 daysRanelli JohnDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−2.44K$40.87−$99.7K−45.3%2.95K after
Aug 25, 2023 (view filing)Aug 232 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−11.0K$41.07−$451.8K−13.5%70.4K after
Aug 16, 2023 (view filing)Aug 151 dayPennington Brooks IIIDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−777$41.62−$32.3K−20.9%2.94K after10b5-1
Aug 9, 2023 (view filing)Aug 72 daysPennington Brooks IIIDirectorSSaleClass A Common Stock−2.61K$42.68−$111.4K−47.0%2.94K after
Aug 9, 2023 (view filing)Aug 72 daysPennington Brooks IIIDirectorSSale−22.9K$45.64−$1.05M−14.3%137.0K after
Aug 8, 2023 (view filing)Aug 71 dayHanson John EdwardSenior Vice PresidentSSaleClass A Common Stock−6.59K$42.63−$281.1K−14.1%40.2K after
Aug 8, 2023 (view filing)Aug 71 dayMachek HowardChief Accounting OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.00K$42.65−$128.0K−5.9%47.5K after
Jun 1, 2023 (view filing)May 302 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−1.40K$34.75−$48.6K−1.7%81.4K after
Feb 17, 2023 (view filing)Feb 161 dayBrown William EChairmanSSaleClass A Common Stock−115.7K$39.43−$4.56M−11.1%923.4K after2 lots
Dec 5, 2022 (view filing)Dec 14 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−3.40K$38.73−$131.7K−3.7%88.3K after
Aug 29, 2022 (view filing)Aug 254 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−5.00K$40.56−$202.8K−5.4%88.1K after
Aug 18, 2022 (view filing)Aug 162 daysHanson John EdwardSenior Vice PresidentSSaleClass A Common Stock−6.47K$42.65−$275.8K−11.5%49.8K after
May 17, 2022 (view filing)May 134 daysLahanas NicholasChief Financial OfficerSSaleClass A Common Stock−7.31K$41.78−$305.2K−6.0%113.5K after
Feb 28, 2022 (view filing)Feb 24-254 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−4.00K$42.24−$169.0K−4.1%93.1K after2 lots
Aug 31, 2021 (view filing)Aug 274 daysWalker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer ProSSaleClass A Common Stock−4.50K$42.30−$190.3K−4.4%97.3K after
Aug 23, 2021 (view filing)Aug 194 daysMyers Daniel P.DirectorPPurchaseClass A Common Stock+2.38K$42.15+$100.1K+149.3%3.97K after