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.
| Name | Title | Last reported holding | Last filing | Filings, past year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington Brooks III | Director | 123,106 | Aug 17, 2026 | 3 |
| Brown William E | Chairman | 350,259Indirect | Aug 17, 2026 | 6 |
| Walker John D. III | President, Garden Consumer Pro | 59,679 | Aug 12, 2026 | 6 |
| Machek Howard | Chief Accounting Officer | 47,944 | Jul 14, 2026 | 4 |
| Hanson John Edward | President, Pet Consumer Prod | 7,622Indirect | Jun 26, 2026 | 5 |
| Lahanas Nicholas | Chief Executive Officer | 122,350 | May 19, 2026 | 4 |
| Schwichtenberg Kay | Director | 3,734 | Mar 24, 2026 | 1 |
| Ranelli John | Director | 646Indirect | Feb 23, 2026 | 3 |
| Metz Christopher T | Director | 15,305 | Feb 13, 2026 | 2 |
| Smith Bradley G. | Chief Financial Officer | 17,544 | Feb 13, 2026 | 3 |
| Patel Apur Rohit | Chief Legal Officer | 24,861 | Feb 13, 2026 | 1 |
| Springer Mary Beth | Director | 26,631 | Feb 12, 2026 | 1 |
| Chun Courtnee A | Director | 18,263 | Feb 12, 2026 | 1 |
| Lewis Randal D. | Director | 7,839 | Feb 12, 2026 | 1 |
| Dougher Brendan | Director | 3,584 | Feb 12, 2026 | 2 |
| Yuhas George A. | General Counsel | 8,183 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| McCarthy Joyce M. | General Counsel | 13,359 | May 20, 2025 | 0 |
| Coleman Lisa | Director | 13,439 | Feb 14, 2025 | 0 |
| Griffith Michael J | Director | 12,508 | Feb 14, 2024 | 0 |
| Cofer Timothy P. | CEO | 88,958 | Feb 13, 2023 | 0 |
| Myers Daniel P. | Director | 2,940 | Feb 8, 2023 | 0 |
| Edwards Michael | Director | 4,684 | Jul 8, 2021 | 0 |
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.
| Filed (ET) | Trade date | Filing delay | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holding change | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 (view filing)4:01 PM ET | Aug 13 | 4 days | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.90K | $39.00 | −$152.1K | −1.1%350.3K after | |
| Aug 12, 2026 (view filing)5:16 PM ET | Aug 11-12 | 1 day | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −10.0K | $38.75 | −$387.5K | −14.4%59.7K after | 2 lots |
| Feb 23, 2026 (view filing) | Feb 19 | 4 days | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.67K | $34.50 | −$126.5K | −85.0%646 after | |
| Feb 17, 2026 (view filing) | Feb 17 | Same day | Hanson John EdwardPresident, Pet Consumer Prod | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −5.00K | $34.75 | −$173.8K | −41.1%7.16K after | |
| Feb 11, 2026 (view filing) | Feb 10 | 1 day | Dougher BrendanDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.25K | $33.38 | −$108.5K | −20.2%12.8K after | |
| Dec 2, 2025 (view filing) | Nov 28 | 4 days | Metz Christopher TDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −10.0K | $30.91 | −$309.1K | −46.0%11.7K after | |
| Sep 2, 2025 (view filing) | Aug 28 | 5 days | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.13K | $32.55 | −$101.7K | −0.8%374.3K after | |
| Sep 2, 2025 (view filing) | Aug 28-29 | 5 days | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −100.0K | $32.68 | −$3.27M | −9.7%930.4K after | 2 lots |
| Aug 28, 2025 (view filing) | Aug 25 | 3 daysLate | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.08K | $32.58 | −$100.2K | −68.3%1.43K after | |
| Aug 26, 2025 (view filing) | Aug 25 | 1 day | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.50K | $32.59 | −$114.1K | −4.9%67.3K after | |
| Aug 15, 2025 (view filing) | Aug 14 | 1 day | Pennington Brooks IIIDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.28K | $32.82 | −$107.7K | −8.1%37.0K after | 10b5-1 |
| May 30, 2025 (view filing) | May 29 | 1 day | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −7.80K | $32.04 | −$249.9K | −2.0%377.4K after | 2 lots |
| May 22, 2025 (view filing) | May 20-21 | 2 days | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −100.0K | $32.40 | −$3.24M | −8.8%1.03M after | 2 lots |
| May 15, 2025 (view filing) | May 13 | 2 days | Hanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer Product | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −9.38K | $32.00 | −$300.0K | −51.1%8.98K after | |
| Feb 14, 2025 (view filing) | Feb 13 | 1 day | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −2.50K | $33.28 | −$83.2K | −74.5%856 after | |
| Feb 12, 2025 (view filing)4:06 PM ET | Feb 10-11 | 2 days | Pennington Brooks IIIDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −6.76K | $33.07 | −$223.7K | −15.6%36.7K after | 2 lots10b5-1 |
| Feb 11, 2025 (view filing) | Feb 10 | 1 day | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −10.0K | $32.86 | −$328.6K | −13.0%67.1K after | |
| Sep 3, 2024 (view filing) | Aug 30 | 4 days | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −60.0K | $33.54 | −$2.01M | −5.1%1.13M after | |
| Aug 21, 2024 (view filing) | Aug 19 | 2 days | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −2.50K | $34.28 | −$85.7K | −75.3%822 after | |
| Aug 14, 2024 (view filing) | Aug 13 | 1 day | Pennington Brooks IIIDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −1.49K | $32.80 | −$48.7K | −3.5%40.7K after | 10b5-1 |
| May 31, 2024 (view filing) | Feb 20-May 31 | 101 daysLate | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −29.0K | $37.23 | −$1.08M | −7.0%384.6K after | 4 lots |
| May 31, 2024 (view filing) | May 30 | 1 day | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −700.0K | $36.25 | −$25.4M | −37.0%1.19M after | |
| May 20, 2024 (view filing) | May 16 | 4 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −4.22K | $40.31 | −$170.0K | −4.7%85.1K after | |
| May 17, 2024 (view filing) | May 15 | 2 days | Lahanas NicholasChief Financial Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −10.0K | $40.00 | −$400.0K | −11.4%77.5K after | |
| May 15, 2024 (view filing) | May 14 | 1 day | Machek HowardChief Accounting Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −10.0K | $40.05 | −$400.5K | −16.3%51.5K after | |
| May 15, 2024 (view filing) | May 13 | 2 days | Hanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer Product | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −9.13K | $39.98 | −$365.1K | −21.7%32.9K after | |
| May 14, 2024 (view filing) | May 13 | 1 day | Lahanas NicholasChief Financial Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −30.0K | $39.98 | −$1.20M | −25.5%87.5K after | |
| Feb 20, 2024 (view filing) | Feb 15 | 5 days | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −2.00K | $37.28 | −$74.6K | −98.0%41 after | |
| Feb 20, 2024 (view filing) | Feb 15 | 5 days | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSale | −400 | $43.60 | −$17.4K | −5.4%7.04K after | |
| Feb 14, 2024 (view filing) | Feb 13 | 1 day | Hanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer Product | SSaleClass A Common Stock | +5.32K | $37.19 | +$197.9K | +14.5%42.0K after | Amended |
| Feb 14, 2024 (view filing) | Feb 14 | Same day | Machek HowardChief Accounting Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −5.00K | $36.40 | −$182.0K | −7.8%59.4K after | |
| Feb 13, 2024 (view filing) | Feb 12 | 1 day | Lahanas NicholasChief Financial Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −13.1K | $37.64 | −$493.1K | −10.2%115.8K after | |
| Dec 6, 2023 (view filing) | Dec 5 | 1 day | Hanson John EdwardOther: President Pet Consumer Product | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −6.00K | $39.23 | −$235.4K | −14.8%34.5K after | |
| Nov 29, 2023 (view filing) | Nov 28 | 1 day | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −2.80K | $36.22 | −$101.4K | −95.0%146 after | |
| Sep 5, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 31 | 5 days | Ranelli JohnDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −2.44K | $40.87 | −$99.7K | −45.3%2.95K after | |
| Aug 25, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 23 | 2 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −11.0K | $41.07 | −$451.8K | −13.5%70.4K after | |
| Aug 16, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 15 | 1 day | Pennington Brooks IIIDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −777 | $41.62 | −$32.3K | −20.9%2.94K after | 10b5-1 |
| Aug 9, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 7 | 2 days | Pennington Brooks IIIDirector | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −2.61K | $42.68 | −$111.4K | −47.0%2.94K after | |
| Aug 9, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 7 | 2 days | Pennington Brooks IIIDirector | SSale | −22.9K | $45.64 | −$1.05M | −14.3%137.0K after | |
| Aug 8, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 7 | 1 day | Hanson John EdwardSenior Vice President | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −6.59K | $42.63 | −$281.1K | −14.1%40.2K after | |
| Aug 8, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 7 | 1 day | Machek HowardChief Accounting Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.00K | $42.65 | −$128.0K | −5.9%47.5K after | |
| Jun 1, 2023 (view filing) | May 30 | 2 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −1.40K | $34.75 | −$48.6K | −1.7%81.4K after | |
| Feb 17, 2023 (view filing) | Feb 16 | 1 day | Brown William EChairman | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −115.7K | $39.43 | −$4.56M | −11.1%923.4K after | 2 lots |
| Dec 5, 2022 (view filing) | Dec 1 | 4 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −3.40K | $38.73 | −$131.7K | −3.7%88.3K after | |
| Aug 29, 2022 (view filing) | Aug 25 | 4 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −5.00K | $40.56 | −$202.8K | −5.4%88.1K after | |
| Aug 18, 2022 (view filing) | Aug 16 | 2 days | Hanson John EdwardSenior Vice President | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −6.47K | $42.65 | −$275.8K | −11.5%49.8K after | |
| May 17, 2022 (view filing) | May 13 | 4 days | Lahanas NicholasChief Financial Officer | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −7.31K | $41.78 | −$305.2K | −6.0%113.5K after | |
| Feb 28, 2022 (view filing) | Feb 24-25 | 4 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −4.00K | $42.24 | −$169.0K | −4.1%93.1K after | 2 lots |
| Aug 31, 2021 (view filing) | Aug 27 | 4 days | Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro | SSaleClass A Common Stock | −4.50K | $42.30 | −$190.3K | −4.4%97.3K after | |
| Aug 23, 2021 (view filing) | Aug 19 | 4 days | Myers Daniel P.Director | PPurchaseClass A Common Stock | +2.38K | $42.15 | +$100.1K | +149.3%3.97K after |