CENTA — CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Measured signals that fired on CENTA
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-26 | Volume shock without a price move price | -1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-16 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-12 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-09 | Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression structure | -0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-05 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | BROWN WILLIAM E Chairman | Open-market sale | 3.9K | 39.00 | 152.1K |
| 2026-08-12 | Walker John D. III President, Garden Consumer Pro | Open-market sale | 5.0K | 39.00 | 195.0K |
| 2026-08-12 | PENNINGTON BROOKS III Director | Gift | 5.8K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-08-11 | Walker John D. III President, Garden Consumer Pro | Open-market sale | 5.0K | 38.50 | 192.5K |
| 2026-08-10 | BROWN WILLIAM E Chairman | Shares withheld for tax | 116.2K | 38.28 | 4.4M |
| 2026-08-10 | BROWN WILLIAM E Chairman | Option exercise | 127.9K | 31.18 | 4.0M |
| 2026-07-13 | Machek Howard Chief Accounting Officer | Shares withheld for tax | 3.9K | 37.59 | 147.5K |
| 2026-06-24 | Hanson John Edward President, Pet Consumer Prod | Shares withheld for tax | 8.1K | 38.85 | 312.8K |
| 2026-06-24 | Hanson John Edward President, Pet Consumer Prod | Option exercise | 8.5K | 35.22 | 300.0K |
| 2026-06-15 | Walker John D. III President, Garden Consumer Pro | Shares withheld for tax | 8.2K | 37.75 | 309.6K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 259.1M | 8.0M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 111.0M | 3.4M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 105.5M | 3.3M |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 71.6M | 2.2M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 67.9M | 2.1M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 67.6M | 2.1M |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 56.8M | 1.8M |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 51.6M | 1.6M |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC | 38.9M | 1.2M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 35.5M | 1.1M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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