CENTA

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

Nasdaq· Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods· Inc. DE· CIK 0000887733 Consumer & Retail

$39.46 +0.36 (+0.92%)

Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $39.10

Market cap

$2.4B

Mid cap

Median target

$48.00

+22% · range $39.00–50.00

1 year

+35.0%

from $29.23 · Oct 27

30 days

+15.4%

from $34.20

52-week range

$27.53–40.60

−3% from high · low Nov 19

Avg volume 20D

318.3K

Oct 23 spike 840.3K

Short interest

1.51M

≈2.4% of shares · −1.3%

Days to cover

4.9

at average volume

New fund stakes

Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits

Filing reports

analyzed by SecBot

SecBot read MIXED 1 report · 90 days

Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 1 mixed oldest → newest, height = score

Avg score

Strongest MIXED A mixed institutional cluster for CENTA in Q2 2026 shows 25 buyers accumulating $30.2M net, led by JPMorgan…

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Price

Daily candles with volume.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

InstitutionsBULLISH

Q2 2026: 25 added (0 new), 15 trimmed or exited.
Short sellersSTEADY

Short interest −1.3% to 1.51M shares. 4.9 days to cover, ≈2.4% of shares.
TrendUPTREND

10% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026

new positions

exits

Fund	Move	Shares	Value
STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD	ADD	768,664	$29.8M
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP	DOUBLED	697,855	$27.1M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	DOUBLED	440,238	$17.2M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	ADD	383,625	$14.9M
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	DOUBLED	334,766	$13.0M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	TRIM	321,756	$12.5M
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/	ADD	319,905	$12.4M
Nuveen, LLC	DOUBLED	313,578	$12.2M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

last action Jul 2026

12-month targets · 4 analysts

$39.46 $39.00 $48.00 $50.00

Price is inside the target range. Median implies +22%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions

Date	Firm	Action	Rating
Jul 16, 2026	JP Morgan MAINTAIN	MAINTAIN	Underweight
Jun 17, 2026	Canaccord Genuity MAINTAIN	MAINTAIN	Buy

Earnings setup

Estimates

Revision history: 🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Period	EPS est.	Range	30D rev.	Revenue
Current Q	🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next Q	$0.12	$0.12–$0.12	-38.5%	$0.00
Current FY	🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY	🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026

1,510,331

shares short

-1.3%

vs prior settlement

4.9

days to cover

≈2.4%

of shares outstanding

Recent activity

The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.

Aug 26, 2026 SEC

A mixed institutional cluster for CENTA in Q2 2026 shows 25 buyers accumulating $30.2M net, led by JPMorgan (doubled…

INST-CLUSTER — Impact 5/10

Jun 30, 2026 Inst.

STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT — ADD

768,664 shares ($29.8M)

Jun 30, 2026 Inst.

ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP — DOUBLED

697,855 shares ($27.1M)

Jun 14, 2026 SEC

An institutional cluster in CENTA shows 10 buyers accumulating $14.7M net versus 6 sellers reducing $8.3M, with a net…