Central Garden & Pet CENT Insider Ownership

NASDAQ CENT

$43.13 +1.55 (+3.73%)

At close: Oct 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Insider Holdings by Owner

1.25Mn Shares

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

6.02%

▲+0.554% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

3.70Mn

filed for Sep 2026

▲+10.13% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

61.45Mn

61,452,000 shares

Direct Holdings

3.27Mn

Indirect: 427.74K

Net Shares Traded (QoQ)

+340.25K

net buying in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 10, 2026

Over the past year, CENT insiders sold $1.26 million of stock (35.82K shares) on the open market and bought none.

Behind Central Garden & Pet's open-market sales in the past 12 months were 6 insiders, and no insider bought.
John D. Walker III (President, Garden Consumer Pro) was the top open-market seller of Central Garden & Pet over the past 12 months, with $387,500 sold (10K shares) and the latest sale on August 12, 2026.
The latest open-market trade in CENT stock by an insider was a sale of 3.9K shares for $152,100 by William E. Brown (Chairman) on August 13, 2026.
Outside the open market, Central Garden & Pet insiders received 87.92K shares in stock awards, acquired 187.67K shares through option exercises and conversions, gave up 201.11K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices and gave away 9.89K shares as gifts over the past 12 months.
According to Business Quant data, insiders at Central Garden & Pet reported 3.7Mn shares in total in their latest Form 4 filings, up 1.67% from 3.64Mn shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Direct holdings account for 3.27Mn shares (88.43%) of CENT's insider total, and indirect holdings through trusts, partnerships and family members for 427.74K shares (11.57%).
Per Business Quant, 18 insiders of CENT hold shares, counting officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
Central Garden & Pet's three biggest insider holders are William E. Brown (Chairman, 3.02Mn shares), Brooks Pennington III (Director, 214.06K shares) and Nicholas Lahanas (Chief Executive Officer, 122.35K shares), based on their latest Form 4 filings.
The holding of William E. Brown makes up 81.68% of all shares held by Central Garden & Pet insiders.
Institutional holders reported 78.87% of Central Garden & Pet's outstanding shares for Q2 2026; insiders' latest Form 4 filings put their stake at about 6.02%, and other investors, including the public, hold the remaining 15.11%.
In the last 12 months, 42 Form 4 filings with transactions in CENT stock came from 16 insiders.
The insider data for CENT reflects Form 4 filings through September 25, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding CENT

Insiders 21

Shares held 1.25Mn

Of outstanding 2.03%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	William E Brown	Chairman	0	349,259	349,259	28.0%	25 Sep, 2026
2	Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Executive Officer	273,383	0	273,383	21.9%	19 May, 2026
3	Brooks Iii Pennington	Director	163,736	0	163,736	13.1%	17 Aug, 2026
4	Timothy P. Cofer	Ceo	111,198	0	111,198	8.9%	13 Feb, 2023
5	John Edward Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Prod	59,516	7,622	67,138	5.4%	26 Jun, 2026
6	John D. Iii Walker	President, Garden Consumer Pro	59,679	0	59,679	4.8%	12 Aug, 2026
7	Howard Machek	Chief Accounting Officer	47,944	0	47,944	3.8%	14 Jul, 2026
8	Mary Beth Springer	Director	26,631	0	26,631	2.1%	12 Feb, 2026
9	Apur Rohit Patel	Chief Legal Officer	24,861	0	24,861	2.0%	13 Feb, 2026
10	Courtnee A Chun	Director	18,263	0	18,263	1.5%	12 Feb, 2026
11	Bradley G. Smith	Chief Financial Officer	17,544	0	17,544	1.4%	13 Feb, 2026
12	Christopher T Metz	Director	15,305	0	15,305	1.2%	13 Feb, 2026
13	Lisa Coleman	Director	13,439	0	13,439	1.1%	14 Feb, 2025
14	Joyce M. Mccarthy	General Counsel	13,359	0	13,359	1.1%	20 May, 2025
15	Michael J Griffith	Director	12,508	0	12,508	1.0%	14 Feb, 2024
16	George A. Yuhas	General Counsel	8,183	0	8,183	0.7%	21 Jan, 2026
17	Randal D. Lewis	Director	7,839	0	7,839	0.6%	12 Feb, 2026
18	John Ranelli	President And Ceo	0	7,685	7,685	0.6%	23 Feb, 2026
19	Kay Schwichtenberg	Executive Vice President	3,734	0	3,734	0.3%	24 Mar, 2026
20	Daniel P. Myers	Director	3,675	0	3,675	0.3%	08 Feb, 2023
21	Brendan Dougher	Director	3,584	0	3,584	0.3%	12 Feb, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

1,884 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
24 Sep, 2026	William E Brown	Chairman	Disposed J	1,000	$0.00	$0	349,259	Indirect
12 Aug, 2026	Brooks Iii Pennington	Director	Disposed G	5,800	$0.00	$0	123,106	Direct
13 Aug, 2026	William E Brown	Chairman	Disposed S	3,900	$39.00	$152.10K	350,259	Indirect
10 Aug, 2026	William E Brown	Chairman	Acquired M	127,942	$31.18	$3.99Mn	1,065,490	Direct
11 Aug, 2026	John D. Iii Walker	President, Garden Consumer Pro	Disposed S	5,000	$38.50	$192.50K	64,679	Direct
10 Aug, 2026	William E Brown	Chairman	Disposed F	116,232	$38.28	$4.45Mn	949,258	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	John D. Iii Walker	President, Garden Consumer Pro	Disposed S	5,000	$39.00	$195.00K	59,679	Direct
10 Aug, 2026	William E Brown	Chairman	Disposed M	127,942	$0.00	$0	0	Direct
13 Jul, 2026	Howard Machek	Chief Accounting Officer	Disposed F	3,924	$37.59	$147.50K	47,944	Direct
24 Jun, 2026	John Edward Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Prod	Acquired M	8,518	$35.22	$299.97K	15,673	Indirect
24 Jun, 2026	John Edward Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Prod	Disposed F	8,051	$38.85	$312.78K	7,622	Indirect
24 Jun, 2026	John Edward Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Prod	Disposed M	8,518	$0.00	$0	0	Direct
15 Jun, 2026	John D. Iii Walker	President, Garden Consumer Pro	Acquired M	8,518	$35.22	$299.97K	77,879	Direct
15 Jun, 2026	John D. Iii Walker	President, Garden Consumer Pro	Disposed F	8,200	$37.75	$309.55K	69,679	Direct
15 Jun, 2026	John D. Iii Walker	President, Garden Consumer Pro	Disposed M	8,518	$0.00	$0	0	Direct
16 May, 2026	Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed F	480	$34.19	$16.41K	122,350	Direct
13 Mar, 2026	Kay Schwichtenberg	Director	Acquired A	3,734	$0.00	$0	3,734	Direct
19 Feb, 2026	John Ranelli	Director	Disposed S	3,668	$34.50	$126.53K	646	Indirect
17 Feb, 2026	John Edward Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Prod	Disposed S	5,000	$34.75	$173.76K	7,155	Indirect
13 Feb, 2026	Brooks Iii Pennington	Director	Disposed G	2,050	$0.00	$0	128,906	Direct

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