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CENT CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

2026Q2 · CUSIP 153527106 · Sector: Consumer

Normal

Fund flows are within the usual range

Funds that own it
183
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+8
Last quarter 175 → now 183
How unusual is that
Above average
Stronger buying than 65% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

183 funds held CENT at the end of 2026Q2, up 8 from the quarter before. Fund flows are within the usual range — nothing unusual. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $3.1B(YoY -1.2%), the P/E is 15.7x, return on equity is 9.5%. CENT has had 7 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +19.2% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Consumer sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=49 2013Q4: holders=45 2014Q1: holders=46 2014Q2: holders=50 2014Q3: holders=49 2014Q4: holders=46 2015Q1: holders=50 2015Q2: holders=50 2015Q3: holders=68 2015Q4: holders=85 2016Q1: holders=87 2016Q2: holders=108 2016Q3: holders=128 2016Q4: holders=132 2017Q1: holders=139 2017Q2: holders=126 2017Q3: holders=130 2017Q4: holders=136 2018Q1: holders=140 2018Q2: holders=160 2018Q3: holders=140 2018Q4: holders=142 2019Q1: holders=132 2019Q2: holders=123 2019Q3: holders=118 2019Q4: holders=121 2020Q1: holders=120 2020Q2: holders=125 2020Q3: holders=134 2020Q4: holders=143 2021Q1: holders=147 2021Q2: holders=148 2021Q3: holders=147 2021Q4: holders=150 2022Q1: holders=136 2022Q2: holders=126 2022Q3: holders=125 2022Q4: holders=128 2023Q1: holders=128 2023Q2: holders=126 2023Q3: holders=138 2023Q4: holders=127 2024Q1: holders=129 2024Q2: holders=134 2024Q3: holders=151 2024Q4: holders=144 2025Q1: holders=175 2025Q2: holders=180 2025Q3: holders=164 2025Q4: holders=162 2026Q1: holders=175 2026Q2: holders=183 -31 -15.5 +0 +15.5 +31 40117193 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 7 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2025Q1 Top 10% -1.9% -14.8%
2023Q3 Top 20% +23.4% +32.4%
2018Q2 Top 20% -20.3% -21.2%
2016Q3 Top 10% +22.0% +8.4%
2016Q2 Top 10% +7.7% +34.2%
2015Q4 Top 20% +19.6% +72.8%
2015Q3 Top 10% -6.5% +23.0%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
103
Change in large funds
+7
Total value they hold
$412M
Funds buying for the first time
31
Funds that sold out entirely
23
Price change that quarter
+9.2%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
1
Funds holding calls (bullish)
2

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
15.7
EPS (TTM)
$2.68
EPS YoY
+21.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$3.1B
Revenue YoY
-1.2%
Net margin
5.4%
ROE
9.5%
Debt ratio
53.9%
FCF (TTM)
$346M
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-09-25: EPS -0.04 2021-12-25: EPS 0.16 2022-03-26: EPS 1.27 2022-06-25: EPS 1.39 2022-09-24: EPS -0.58 2022-12-24: EPS -0.16 2023-03-25: EPS 0.72 2023-06-24: EPS 1.25 2023-09-30: EPS 0.07 2023-12-30: EPS 0.01 2024-03-30: EPS 0.93 2024-06-29: EPS 1.19 2024-09-28: EPS -0.51 2024-12-28: EPS 0.21 2025-03-29: EPS 0.98 2025-06-28: EPS 1.52 2025-09-27: EPS -0.16 2025-12-27: EPS 0.11 2026-03-28: EPS 1.28 2026-06-27: EPS 1.45 0B 0.5B 1.0B $B -0.64 0.52 1.67 201720182019202020212022202320242025202606/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 18 11 21 30 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-231M42M314M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $-60M (2026-03-28)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-27 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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