CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO - Common Stock (CENT) Institutional Ownership

13F Institutional Holders and Ownership History from Q1 2014 to Q4 2025

Type / Class
Equity / Common Stock
Symbol
CENT on Nasdaq
Shares outstanding
9,656,482
Price per share
$33.21
All holders as of 31 Dec 2025
Q4 2025
Total 13F shares
9,035,548
Total reported value
$290,338,592
% of total 13F portfolios
0%
Share change
-276,365
Value change
-$8,978,712
Number of holders
157
Reported Shares, Excluding Options vs Price
Reported Value, Excluding Options
Total Investors

Significant Owners of CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO - Common Stock (CENT) based on Schedule 13D/G filings

Filer Ownership Change % Holdings Value Net Change Nb Shares Change % Reporting Name Report Period
BlackRock, Inc. 14% -13% $51,038,089 -$8,035,324 1,485,825 -14% BlackRock, Inc. 31 Mar 2025
VANGUARD GROUP INC 11% +14% $35,942,393 +$852,263 1,100,839 +2.4% The Vanguard Group 30 Sep 2025
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 7.6% $27,864,445 811,192 Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 31 Dec 2024
GEODE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC 4.9% -2.8% $15,428,220 -$717,808 472,535 -4.4% Geode Capital Holdings LLC 30 Sep 2025
Pacer Advisors, Inc. 1.1% -95% $4,157,243 -$94,163,930 121,026 -96% Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF 31 Mar 2025

As of 31 Dec 2025, 157 institutional investors reported holding 9,035,548 shares of CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO - Common Stock (CENT). This represents 94% of the company’s total 9,656,482 outstanding shares.

Top 25 Institutional Shareholders

The largest institutional shareholders of CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO - Common Stock (CENT) together control 78% of the company’s outstanding shares — a level of ownership often associated with strong institutional conviction and long‑term capital commitment.

Institution Ownership % Shares Held Share Change % Portfolio % Holdings Value
BlackRock, Inc. 16% 1,567,547 +1.3% 0% $50,396,637
VANGUARD GROUP INC 12% 1,147,242 +4.2% 0% $36,883,831
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 8.4% 808,304 +0.52% 0.04% $25,825,313
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 6.8% 659,962 -1.6% 0% $21,217,835
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.9% 472,215 -0.07% 0% $15,182,427
STATE STREET CORP 4% 385,957 +0.86% 0% $12,408,518
MORGAN STANLEY 3.7% 357,118 -21% 0% $11,481,375
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 3.2% 304,348 +6.1% 0% $9,784,788
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2% 195,796 +9.4% 0.02% $6,294,841
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 1.8% 173,334 -27% 0% $5,572,688
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 1.7% 159,642 +507% 0% $5,132,490
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 1.5% 147,683 -21% 0% $4,748,009
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 1.5% 140,347 +1.7% 0% $4,512,156
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 1.3% 126,481 -17% 0.01% $4,066,364
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1.2% 113,987 +15% 0.01% $3,664,682
Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.99% 95,981 -28% 0% $3,085,789
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.99% 95,406 +4.1% 0.06% $3,067,303
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.87% 83,920 -2% 0.01% $2,698,028
GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.85% 81,682 -5.1% 0.02% $2,626,000
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.82% 79,091 -49% 0% $2,542,775
Invesco Ltd. 0.79% 76,445 -0.34% 0% $2,457,707
MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.79% 76,332 +107% 0% $2,454,074
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.77% 74,822 +0.23% 0% $2,405,528
RBF Capital, LLC 0.75% 72,176 0% 0.11% $2,320,458
MARTIN & CO INC /TN/ 0.71% 68,245 -0.89% 0.38% $2,194,061

Institutional Holders of CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO - Common Stock (CENT) across Reporting Periods

Period Reported Shares, Excl. Options Value, Excl. Options Value Change Price (Median) Investors
2025 Q4 9,035,548 $290,338,592 -$8,978,712 $32.15 157
2025 Q3 9,344,753 $304,855,382 -$19,104,328 $32.65 160
2025 Q2 9,913,750 $349,520,469 -$26,320,941 $35.18 176
2025 Q1 10,648,526 $390,154,124 -$71,173,463 $36.66 173
2024 Q4 12,589,580 $487,924,265 +$3,034,456 $38.80 142
2024 Q3 12,529,152 $456,953,072 +$4,112,520 $36.47 150
2024 Q2 12,405,285 $477,601,095 +$19,515,724 $38.50 132
2024 Q1 11,871,894 $508,471,516 +$43,783,227 $42.83 128
2023 Q4 10,827,117 $542,543,634 +$45,431,916 $50.11 124
2023 Q3 9,945,651 $439,004,605 +$25,657,496 $44.14 134
2023 Q2 9,367,392 $363,174,254 -$3,636,918 $38.77 124
2023 Q1 9,458,545 $388,364,295 +$1,806,605 $41.06 126
2022 Q4 9,438,207 $353,489,238 +$21,518,726 $37.45 124
2022 Q3 9,489,918 $342,017,541 -$12,527,236 $36.04 112
2022 Q2 9,758,977 $414,242,285 -$1,919,955 $42.42 117
2022 Q1 9,873,587 $434,145,456 -$20,488,618 $43.96 124
2021 Q4 10,253,820 $539,442,265 -$64,089,961 $52.63 143
2021 Q3 10,489,240 $503,459,040 +$21,463,293 $48.00 143
2021 Q2 10,029,016 $530,772,730 +$5,644,111 $52.93 141
2021 Q1 9,914,606 $575,369,784 +$9,149,381 $58.01 144
2020 Q4 9,819,478 $379,157,964 -$4,589,852 $38.61 135
2020 Q3 9,819,087 $391,950,882 +$12,174,574 $39.93 132
2020 Q2 9,506,829 $342,179,805 -$7,182,221 $35.99 122
2020 Q1 9,709,366 $267,154,487 -$13,031,564 $27.50 111
2019 Q4 10,143,096 $315,147,190 -$31,466,103 $31.07 117
2019 Q3 11,155,210 $326,053,621 -$53,551,055 $29.23 115
2019 Q2 13,042,494 $351,499,598 -$2,841,176 $26.95 120
2019 Q1 13,272,100 $339,244,422 +$7,992,412 $25.56 129
2018 Q4 12,717,211 $438,121,078 +$1,419,272 $34.45 139
2018 Q3 12,621,543 $454,967,086 +$13,195,644 $36.04 138
2018 Q2 12,340,197 $536,463,226 +$37,002,058 $43.48 154
2018 Q1 11,504,390 $494,634,873 +$51,817,540 $43.00 138
2017 Q4 10,333,469 $402,260,814 -$4,719,021 $38.92 132
2017 Q3 10,431,116 $405,094,254 +$128,507 $38.84 126
2017 Q2 10,501,257 $333,834,760 -$19,991,093 $31.79 123
2017 Q1 10,942,855 $405,594,543 +$65,302,759 $37.07 132
2016 Q4 10,402,469 $344,173,149 +$13,440,961 $33.09 129
2016 Q3 10,049,651 $261,292,112 +$15,164,569 $26.00 126
2016 Q2 9,667,243 $220,683,751 +$26,158,011 $22.83 108
2016 Q1 8,550,869 $139,478,128 -$3,425,010 $16.34 87
2015 Q4 8,820,169 $119,217,170 +$5,644,269 $13.52 85
2015 Q3 8,408,287 $130,080,287 +$14,634,758 $15.47 67
2015 Q2 7,535,613 $79,570,639 +$734,428 $10.56 50
2015 Q1 7,484,353 $73,840,824 +$3,361,061 $9.87 50
2014 Q4 7,156,842 $62,889,361 -$4,442,317 $8.78 46
2014 Q3 7,763,697 $60,168,538 +$5,683,376 $7.75 46
2014 Q2 7,009,025 $63,781,735 -$174,671 $9.10 48
2014 Q1 7,031,615 $57,198,911 +$579,713 $8.13 44