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TEAM-0.32% 13F +439META+2.47% 13F +2,694RCG-2.04% CLUSTERUTHR-4.03% 13F +425CRWV-1.12% 13F +693CRM-0.46% 13F +1,018CVNA+2.74% 13F +794TPL-0.71% 13F +444NET-4.47% 13F +710MSTR-1.35% 13F +526DELL+15.81% 13F +1,203CRWD-5.42% 13F +1,382ANET+2.87% 13F +1,323COIN-1.05% 13F +475TEAM-0.32% 13F +439META+2.47% 13F +2,694RCG-2.04% CLUSTERUTHR-4.03% 13F +425CRWV-1.12% 13F +693CRM-0.46% 13F +1,018CVNA+2.74% 13F +794TPL-0.71% 13F +444NET-4.47% 13F +710MSTR-1.35% 13F +526DELL+15.81% 13F +1,203CRWD-5.42% 13F +1,382ANET+2.87% 13F +1,323COIN-1.05% 13F +475

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CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

WHOLESALE & RETAIL · WHOLESALE-MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS · CIK 0000887733

FORM 144 · 3☆ WATCH

INSIDER NET · 180D

-$539.6K

open-market buys minus sells, Form 4 codes P and S

INSIDER BUYERS · 180D

CONGRESS BUYERS · 1Y

FUNDS ADDED · QTR

187

13F, latest reported quarter

REVENUE GROWTH

-2.2%

XBRL, annual

NET MARGIN

5.2%

CONVERSIONS · 180D

codes C/M, not in net · $4.6M priced

SEVEN FACTS, RANKED AGAINST THE SECTOR · RANK IS NOT A FORECAST

INSIDERS

net -$539.6K over 180 days

-$539.6K over 90 days · -$152.1K of it by a 10%+ holder

more than 55% of Wholesale & Retail

CONGRESS

no member of Congress has reported trading it

FUNDS

187 funds added or opened last quarter

more than 68% of Wholesale & Retail

REVENUE

-2.2% year over year

below 68% of Wholesale & Retail

MARGIN

5.2% net margin

more than 75% of Wholesale & Retail

BUYBACKS

$28.8M repurchased, FY to 2026-06-27

below 52% of Wholesale & Retail

SHORT

3.8 days to cover · settled 2026-07-31

THE SITUATION · EVERY LINE IS ONE RULE OVER ONE DATASET

3 insiders have filed intent to sell ($539.6K) and have not sold yet.

187 funds added or opened positions in the latest 13F quarter, of 318 holders.

The year, with the filings on it

Total return indexed to 100 over the last 12 months · every marker is a federal filing, placed at its date — hover any marker for the detail

TOTAL 12M RETURN +13.0%

+13.0%12M

INSIDER SELLFORM 144

INDEXED RETURN, DIVIDEND-ADJUSTED — NOT A PRICE CHART · LARGE TRADES DRAWN FIRST WHEN A NAME FILES HEAVILY

Live price

Daily candles from TradingView, on their licence — no filings are marked on this one

WHY THIS NAME IS ON THE DESK

Insiders have filed to sell — before selling.

The record shows a net $539.6K sold by insiders over 180 days, 187 funds added last quarter, $539.6K in planned Form 144 sales. Every figure is a federal filing, dated the day it became public.

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Same sector, ranked by filing activity

Sector from the SEC's own SIC classification

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Insider transactions

Form 4 purchases and sales (codes P and S) — grants, option exercises and preferred conversions excluded

Over the last 180 days, CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO insiders sold a net $539.6K of stock across 64 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 0 insider(s) buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-09-04.

INSIDER

FILED

VALUE

BROWN WILLIAM E

Chairman

SELL

2026-08-13

3,900.0

$152.1K

Walker John D. III

President, Garden Consumer Pro

SELL

2026-08-12

5,000.0

$195.0K

Walker John D. III

President, Garden Consumer Pro

SELL

2026-08-11

5,000.0

$192.5K

Ranelli John

Director

SELL

2026-02-19

3,668.0

$126.5K

Hanson John Edward

President, Pet Consumer Prod

SELL

2026-02-17

5,000.0

$173.8K

64 TRANSACTIONS ON RECORD

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Institutional holders

13F · holdings as of the latest quarter funds have reported

BlackRock, Inc.

10,050,141.0 sh

$399.1M

VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

3,997,490.0 sh

$158.0M

DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP

3,907,146.0 sh

$155.1M

AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC

3,012,582.0 sh

$119.1M

STATE STREET CORP

2,590,170.0 sh

$102.6M

SCHEDULE 13D/G

No 5%+ ownership filings

Nobody has crossed 5% with a filing obligation. Absence is a fact here, not missing data.

Planned sales · Form 144

Filed before the sale — intent, not a trade

BROWN WILLIAM E

FILED 2026-08-13

$152.1K

Walker John D. III

FILED 2026-08-12

$195.0K

Walker John D. III

FILED 2026-08-11

$192.5K

Fund concentration

N-PORT · funds ranked by how much of THEMSELVES they put in this stock — the conviction number 13F cannot show

Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF

$1.4M POSITION · AS OF 2026-02-28

4.0%

Olstein Strategic Opportunities Fund

$1.5M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

3.8%

ProShares Pet Care ETF

$867.5K POSITION · AS OF 2026-02-28

1.9%

JAMES MICRO CAP FUND

$531.2K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

1.8%

Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio

$11.3M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

1.6%

Small Cap Core Trust

$4.1M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

1.4%

SEC N-PORT, MONTHLY WITH A ~60-DAY PUBLIC LAG · FUNDS ≥ $10M · % = SHARE OF THE FUND'S OWN BOOK

Executive pay vs shareholder return · Timothy P. Cofer

DEF 14A pay-versus-performance disclosure · both the headline pay and the SEC's mark-to-market figure, beside the return the company delivered and the return of the peer group it chose itself

CEO TOTAL

ACTUALLY PAID

OTHER NEOs AVG

TSR

PEER TSR

2023

$6.6M

$8.4M

$822.5K

+49%

+27%

2022

$7.2M

$4.6M

$912.3K

+27%

+15%

2021

$5.0M

$6.7M

$1.0M

+58%

+20%

TAGGED BY THE COMPANY UNDER SEC ITEM 402(v) · RETURN IS CUMULATIVE FROM THE START OF THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD · GREEN WHERE THE COMPANY BEAT ITS OWN PEER GROUP

Fundamentals

Annual figures from XBRL filings · pick a past date to see them exactly as the market knew them then — restatements and all

	2025-09	2024-09	2023-09	2022-09
REVENUE	$3.1B	$3.2B	$3.3B	$3.3B
GROSS PROFIT	$997.3M	$943.7M	$946.8M	$992.3M
OPERATING INCOME	$250.0M	$185.4M	$210.6M	$260.0M
NET INCOME	$162.8M	$108.0M	$125.6M	$152.2M
EPS (DILUTED)	2.55	1.62	1.88	2.24
OPERATING CASH FLOW	$332.5M	$394.9M	$381.6M	$-34.0M
CASH	$882.5M	$753.5M	$488.7M	$177.4M
LONG-TERM DEBT	$1.2B	$1.2B	$1.2B	$1.2B
BUYBACKS	$155.1M	$24.1M	$37.2M	$62.3M

SEC XBRL · FISCAL-YEAR PERIODS · AS KNOWN ON 2026-09-04 · NOBODY ELSE SHOWS FUNDAMENTALS AS OF A PAST DATE