Central Garden & Pet Co

CENTA

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

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In the last 90 days, Central Garden & Pet Co insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 285 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $1.88B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

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Q1 2026 vs. Q4 2025

How the institutions holding Central Garden & Pet Co changed between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.

All holders in Q1 2026 All holders in Q4 2025

13F holders of CENTA: Q4 2025 compared with Q1 2026
Measure	Q4 2025	Of which not filed for Q1 2026	Q1 2026	Change
Holders	254	6	272	+24
Shares	48.1M	5.94M	48.3M	+6.18M (+14.7%)
Value	$1.40B	$173.3M	$1.57B	+$335.9M (+27.3%)

6 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so the changes leave them out.

New holders (46)

Institutions that held Central Garden & Pet Co at the end of Q1 2026 but not at the end of Q4 2025.

Institutions new to CENTA in Q1 2026
Institution	Shares	Value	% of portfolio
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	3,424,678	$111.0M	0.01%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC	2,093,302	$67.9M	0.00%
Armistice Capital, LLC	478,000	$15.5M	0.51%
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co	265,709	$8.61M	0.00%
Empowered Funds, LLC	259,248	$8.40M	0.05%
Royce & Associates LP	229,760	$7.45M	0.07%
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC	63,174	$2.05M	0.00%
Nomura Asset Management International Inc.	56,549	$1.83M	0.00%
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd	42,478	$1.38M	0.00%
Marshall Wace, LLP	42,177	$1.37M	0.00%
Farringdon Capital, Ltd.	31,029	$1.01M	0.22%
Credit Industriel Et Commercial	30,845	$1.00M	0.16%
Weiss Asset Management LP	24,960	$809.2K	0.01%
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP	23,864	$773.7K	0.01%
Bailard, Inc.	23,100	$748.9K	0.02%
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP	20,661	$669.8K	0.01%
Creative Planning	11,015	$357.1K	0.00%
HB Wealth Management, LLC	11,014	$357.1K	0.00%
Brighton Jones LLC	9,702	$314.5K	0.01%
Entropy Technologies, LP	9,655	$313.0K	0.01%
Cambria Investment Management, L.P.	8,626	$279.7K	0.02%
Summit Global Investments	8,245	$267.0K	0.02%
Guidance Capital, Inc	8,131	$266.0K	0.06%
Abc Arbitrage SA	8,002	$259.4K	0.03%
Aquatic Capital Management LLC	7,763	$251.7K	0.01%
Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC	7,555	$244.9K	0.00%
Amundi	7,370	$238.9K	0.00%
Aristides Capital LLC	7,189	$233.1K	0.08%
Atria Investments LLC	6,672	$216.3K	0.00%
M&T Bank Corp	6,601	$214.0K	0.00%
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA	6,515	$211.2K	0.00%
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC	5,957	$193.1K	0.00%
Advisory Services Network, LLC	1,117	$36.2K	0.00%
Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC	143	$4.64K	0.00%
CVA Family Office, LLC	74	$2.40K	0.00%
Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc	71	$2.28K	0.00%
Mather Group, LLC.	55	$1.78K	0.00%
JPL Wealth Management, LLC	40	$1.30K	0.00%
Investors Portfolio Services LLC	16	$543	0.00%
Optiver Holding B.V.	8	$259	0.00%
Wealth Preservation Advisors, LLC	3	$97	0.00%
Whipplewood Advisors, LLC	3	$97	0.00%
Raffa Wealth Management, LLC	1	$32	0.00%
Vermillion Wealth Management, Inc.	1	$32	0.00%
Freestone Grove Partners LP	1	$32	0.00%
Curio Wealth, LLC	1	$32	0.00%

Sold out (22)

Institutions that held Central Garden & Pet Co at the end of Q4 2025 and filed for Q1 2026 without it.

Institutions that sold out of CENTA in Q1 2026
Institution	Shares, Q4 2025	Value, Q4 2025
Highbridge Capital Management LLC	460,169	$13.4M
Two Sigma Advisers, LP	93,450	$2.73M
Walleye Capital LLC	66,765	$1.95M
Verition Fund Management LLC	30,864	$900.9K
Dark Forest Capital Management LP	16,497	$481.5K
Quantbot Technologies LP	15,313	$447.0K
Magnetar Financial LLC	13,830	$403.7K
FourThought Financial Partners, LLC	11,292	$329.6K
Polymer Capital Management (US) LLC	11,235	$327.9K
PharVision Advisers, LLC	10,858	$316.9K
Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC	10,617	$309.9K
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	9,839	$287.2K
Blueshift Asset Management, LLC	8,936	$260.8K
Guggenheim Capital LLC	8,607	$251.2K
Prelude Capital Management, LLC	8,446	$246.5K
DRW Securities, LLC	8,372	$244.4K
Gotham Asset Management, LLC	7,819	$228.2K
Vestcor Inc	7,036	$205.0K
Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd	871	$25.4K
Quarry LP	838	$24.5K
Danske Bank A/S	200	$5.84K
Optima Capital LLC	17	$496

Not filed for Q1 2026 yet (6)

Institutions that held Central Garden & Pet Co at the end of Q4 2025 and haven't filed a 13F for Q1 2026. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out.

Institutions holding CENTA in Q4 2025 that haven't filed for Q1 2026
Institution	Shares, Q4 2025	Value, Q4 2025
Vanguard Group Inc	5,804,612	$169.4M
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC	118,225	$3.45M
Comerica Bank	11,995	$350.1K
EMC Capital Management	2,376	$69.0K
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC	13	$379
Global Retirement Partners, LLC	10	$292